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Can another language make your decisions more rational

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If you want to stop making impulsive, terrible life choices, try translating them to Spanish first. When you process decisions in your native tongue, they are heavily loaded with childhood emotional weight. Using a second language forcibly creates cognitive distance, stripping away the panic and leaving you with cold, calculating, psychopathic logic.

Can another language make your decisions more rational
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