If You're Fat, Broke, and Smoking, Blame Language

First time accepted submitter derekmead writes "A Yale researcher says that culture differences how much money we save, how well we take care of ourselves, and other behavior indicative of taking the long view, are all based on language. His study argues that the way a language's syntax refers to the future (PDF) affects how its speakers perceive the future. For example, English and Greek make strong distinctions between the present and the future, while German doesn't, while English and Greek speakers are statistically poorer and in worse health than Germans. (The study includes a broader swath of languages/nationalities, but that's a start.)"

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/WUZsALhwmXw/if-youre-fat-broke-and-smoking-blame-language

occupy wallstreet occupy wallstreet pumpkins pumpkins occupy wall st occupy wall st the graduate