Science Behind Arrival: Can language determine the way we think?

Can language determine the way we think? In the movie Arrival (2016), starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker, the idea that an alien "universal language" can enable humans to see the future was introduced. In this video, we look into the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and studies by Peter Gordon and Daniel Everett to investigate this concept further.

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