Hey Erin,
I almost forgot...
ERIN: I am not sure what Pirsig said about that and what do you mean hoax.
What I know of Whorf is he claimed that language determined your perception
and the reality is it only influences perception. What is the "hoax" part?
He just went to the extreme, he wasn't completely off the mark.
RICK:
In LILA Pirsig cites Whorf's Eskimo research for what appears to be the more
'extreme' version. The 'hoax' is that Whorf apparently made the whole
research up. He never did any research and never even met an eskimo (Diana
referenced some material on this... I'll see if I can dig up the posts for
you).
it's all good,
rick
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