Natural language is a fascinating thing. Some ancient philosophers defined humans as talking animals. It is a means of communication that enables humans to use each others experiences and do things that no individual can do.
Yet it is interesting that there are so many different languages in the world (Maybe in the future there will be only one). Natural language is misleading in many occasions as it is not possible to perfectly share feelings with words.
Also the language is dependent on our perception of the world and on our physical body. For example I have no idea how a color blind interprets this sentence Her face turned red
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We do not dream in any language. We just feel the situations in our dreams. I wonder if natural language with all it's deficiencies can be blamed for the problems of mankind....
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