We can try to dissolve this question by saying that, in fact, the sky is neither blue nor black and in fact only appears to us as one or the other because of how our brains model the sensory input from our eyes.
That seems pretty much right to me.
I think that language basically changes the resolution with which you can distinguish between different shades of color. Humans are able to detect differences in color which they aren’t able to store and recall offhand. The colors have different wavelength(s?) of light, which human language and perception roughly, but not completely, maps to.
If, however, our brains perceive things in certain ways because of the words we use to describe them, this suggests we can better model reality by changing our language.
This is also probably true. NVC is supposed to make you more empathetic and respectful by changing the way that you talk about things, and as far as I can tell, non-negligibly changes my emotion-related thought processes. Specifically, I now try to focus more on needs and getting those fulfilled, rather than directly reacting to what people say.
That seems pretty much right to me.
I think that language basically changes the resolution with which you can distinguish between different shades of color. Humans are able to detect differences in color which they aren’t able to store and recall offhand. The colors have different wavelength(s?) of light, which human language and perception roughly, but not completely, maps to.
This is also probably true. NVC is supposed to make you more empathetic and respectful by changing the way that you talk about things, and as far as I can tell, non-negligibly changes my emotion-related thought processes. Specifically, I now try to focus more on needs and getting those fulfilled, rather than directly reacting to what people say.