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Here are some of the most interesting readings from last week: How does learning Turkish feel to a German writer? Our reluctance to use the word no seems to be a big problem:   http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/10/20/how-to-say-no-in-turkish/ A Syrian Law student's precarious journey over 10 borders from Syria to Sweeden. A must-read before any discussion on refugees:  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/26/ten-borders Early detection could make living with Schizophrenia possible:  http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/stop-the-madness/ U.S is a terrorist state, which used human Guinea Pigs and advanced psyhcology to develop torture methods beyond the imagination of Mengele. When it was found out that one of the torture victim was innocent, the official reaction was: "One can only be sure of the suspects innocence after the suspect fails to give any information after such horrendous torture." This is beyond outrageous:  https://medium.com...

A Must Read Article

There are some languages in which green and blue are considered the shades of the same color. There are some cultures who don't know of egocentric directions such as behind front or left or right. There are cultures where epistemology is a constant struggle of life. These are few of the really interesting facts that I can remember from the article " Does Your Language Shape How You Think?" by Guy Deutscher. I think it is worth reading this article, which I hope will lead to criticizing the notions about human existence that one holds natural. Links for this post: Guy Deutscher's Article