sun, 2 months ago @sjw He is talking about the Piraha people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language#Pirah%C3%A3_and_linguistic_relativity although I am not sure about the John Locke connection. Supposedly Piraha asked an anthropologist to teach them numbers because of their inability to count past 4 they were being swindled by traders.
@sjw He is talking about the Piraha people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language#Pirah%C3%A3_and_linguistic_relativity
although I am not sure about the John Locke connection.
Supposedly Piraha asked an anthropologist to teach them numbers because of their inability to count past 4 they were being swindled by traders.