Saturday, December 3, 2016

Week Ten: The fiction of ideas.

For this week, I read Bable 17. I enjoy the linguistics and this book delved into the effects of speech/communication. I found it interesting that learning the Language of Bable 17 caused people to become traitors of the state. I deviated a bit from the main conversation of this post due to a little bit of research I had conducted out of curiosity. Although something like brainwashing is impossible on this, we do see a similar psychological effect in people. For instance, those that speak multiple languages change the pitch of their voice and alter their personality slightly depending on the language that they are speaking. It is being studied currently and there are a variety of articles on the matter, one is here if anyone reading this is more curious: Bi-cultural Bilinguals. In essence people's personalities change depending on their security in their language skills and cultural situation. In essence, it is not traitorous behavior but it is inherent personality change based on the language that is spoken. I digress, In Fahrenheit 451 written word is technically forbidden in the form of books. Like a drug, it is chastised by normal society and anyone in possession of books is deemed unfit for society. The books are burned, and they are thrown in jail. It ties into the "Mob" mentality: you are either with us, or against us. At times, the majority can be wrong but the few are out-weighed by the many, thus fall to the judgement of the majority. The consequences of this are that the truth often times can be hidden from plain sight and forgotten.

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