#language #humans ![[Language & human|600]] Language is an important part of what makes us human. The more languages you know, the more human you are. Language = an effective - thinking tool - [language as a tool for thought](https://www.colinmcginn.net/language-as-a-tool-for-thought/) - [[Language turns thought into words]] - [how language shapes thought](https://www.spiegeloog.amsterdam/a-tool-for-thinking-how-language-shapes-thought/) - communicating tool - 人类能够可以有效给子孙后代传递信息的能力和后代通过语言文字学习的能力使得人类从所有物种中脱颖而出，使得快速进化成为可能，使得一代的优势和进步不会因为个体的死去而死去能够传递下去 - [[学习的目的是知识的传递以达到物种文明的进化]]