This is not at all true. You think this is true because this is how you think (or how you think you think.) Translating my thoughts into words has always taken

This is not at all true. You think this is true because this is how you think (or how you think you think.) Translating my thoughts into words has always taken an effort, even when I was a child, and I'm always surprised at how many words it takes to describe concepts or relationships that when I think them seem very simple. edit: also, I don't even know what you mean by "instinct(s)" here, or how you differentiate them from thoughts. Even language is an instinct. If you have entities that you are applying operations to in your head in order to create new entities, you're thinking.