We draw from a sociological concept called the Thomas theorem, which states that if you "define a situation as real, they are ...

How Language Shapes Our Understanding of Reality ... English and Russian speakers tend to draw lines at different intervals because of the ways their languages divide up the color spectrum. ...

You’ve met a person who tries to convince you that up is down, right is wrong, and black is white. This person has a deep investment in your coming to see the world as he does. He can employ ...

Linguist Noam Chomsky, shown here in 2003 speaking at the University of Florida, has said that “a language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole ...

In physics, the shape of compactified dimensions governs the behavior of particles. In LLMs, the shape of latent space governs how ideas are related, how analogies are formed, and how meaning emerges.

When The Bias Turns Inward. The idea that "perception is reality" doesn’t just shape how others see us; it shapes how we see ourselves. And it doesn’t only show up in high-pressure environments.

Print of figure with hammer, above a quote by Bertolt Brecht: "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." Credit Line Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs Date ...

Famous musicians and artists aren’t necessarily more likely to die at 27. But the story that they do shapes how we perceive history and reality.