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hmm.. that 'rehearsing' isn't thinking? I know people who thing about every word, the phrase and re-phrase, select the best sounding. Do you think they still do

hmm.. that 'rehearsing' isn't thinking? I know people who thing about every word, the phrase and re-phrase, select the best sounding. Do you think they still don't think in language? They even write their thoughts down and sell as a books.

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
No. It's not thinking in any meaningful way. It's practice for when you're in front of that person and getting ready to talk for real. But for those who have no control over it, it just goes apeshit. I've heard self-reported cases of people doing the same but with historical or even fictional people. They try to use it for everything... as if that simulated person they're "talking to" will somehow be capable of solving a problem they themselves aren't capable of. I think I was in grade school when I realized all the rest of you were lunatics. Took a little while longer to understand the nature of the cognitive flaw. > Do you think they still don't think in language? Yes. Because if that's how you "think", then you're not thinking at all. Which means you're also incapable of understanding how thought works. You're asserting that I'm wrong, offering no evidence or even a plausible alternative theory. It's just another one of those absurd "truths" that dumb people assume is true and no one ever calls them on it. I've explained that it is but one mental faculty, I've explained the evolutionary origin of it, and to top it all off, I've explained why you mistake the output of this singular mental faculty to be"thought". I would hope that you'd be able to work through on first principles why I must be correct. You've just said thought is impossible without human (spoken, maybe signed) language, when there is clear counter-evidence in the world that everyone is aware of that contradicts your asinine theory. I would hope that. Except that it's futile.
- fumblywumbly 3y ago
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- temporallobe 3y ago
  You come across like someone from r/iamverysmart. Take a step back and understand that nobody can really “know” for certain what thought actually is, because it’s exactly like trying to understand consciousness, which is the biggest mystery of all.
  - bluedays 3y ago
    I think he could use a little more practice rehearsing how to speak with other humans

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago

No. It's not thinking in any meaningful way. It's practice for when you're in front of that person and getting ready to talk for real. But for those who have no control over it, it just goes apeshit. I've heard self-reported cases of people doing the same but with historical or even fictional people. They try to use it for everything... as if that simulated person they're "talking to" will somehow be capable of solving a problem they themselves aren't capable of. I think I was in grade school when I realized all the rest of you were lunatics. Took a little while longer to understand the nature of the cognitive flaw. > Do you think they still don't think in language? Yes. Because if that's how you "think", then you're not thinking at all. Which means you're also incapable of understanding how thought works. You're asserting that I'm wrong, offering no evidence or even a plausible alternative theory. It's just another one of those absurd "truths" that dumb people assume is true and no one ever calls them on it. I've explained that it is but one mental faculty, I've explained the evolutionary origin of it, and to top it all off, I've explained why you mistake the output of this singular mental faculty to be"thought". I would hope that you'd be able to work through on first principles why I must be correct. You've just said thought is impossible without human (spoken, maybe signed) language, when there is clear counter-evidence in the world that everyone is aware of that contradicts your asinine theory. I would hope that. Except that it's futile.

fumblywumbly 3y ago
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temporallobe 3y ago
You come across like someone from r/iamverysmart. Take a step back and understand that nobody can really “know” for certain what thought actually is, because it’s exactly like trying to understand consciousness, which is the biggest mystery of all.
- bluedays 3y ago
  I think he could use a little more practice rehearsing how to speak with other humans