@[email protected] to [email protected] • 23 days agoUp to half of the earth's population doesn't have an inner monologue, up to half of the earth has never had a shower thoughtmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down121
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•21 days agoAs someone with an inner monologue, how do they think?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-221 days agoI just think in concepts/abstractions, I don’t know how to explain it, lol. I definitely don’t think in pictures, like other person said. My mind can’t create pictures out of thin air. That might be more like artists think I guess.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•21 days agoI am very very much not an artist, and yet also cannot imagine not being able to conjure up images of whatever. It is fascinating how the brain works! Even if we barely understand it!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•21 days agoThere was a thread on r/SamHarris (maybe 2 years ago) where some people without inner monologue answered questions. It was interesting to read.
As someone with an inner monologue, how do they think?
I just think in concepts/abstractions, I don’t know how to explain it, lol.
I definitely don’t think in pictures, like other person said. My mind can’t create pictures out of thin air. That might be more like artists think I guess.
I am very very much not an artist, and yet also cannot imagine not being able to conjure up images of whatever.
It is fascinating how the brain works! Even if we barely understand it!
There was a thread on r/SamHarris (maybe 2 years ago) where some people without inner monologue answered questions. It was interesting to read.