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In a programming or problem-solving context, this is sounds close to how I work in the very early phases of thinking about a problem.

• justin_vanw 17y ago
  When you are thinking out a problem is language (human or computer) any part of it? If I understand how most people think (which I most likely don't), they have an internal monologue going, like they are thinking about going to the store and they think in their inner voice, "lets see, what do I need? Some eggs, milk, cheese". I never have any monologue internally, I either see a little picture flash by, or more often my thoughts have no relation to anything I could describe as sensory at all. For example, I just thought of what I wanted to get to drink because I was really thirsty from gardening. No words were thought, but in quick sucession I percieved in my thoughts the flavor and temperature of tap water, and then the cold sweet syrupyness of coca cola, and I grabbed the coke. I can't describe it really, it's very much a 'now you are breathing manually' thing, once you think about how you think you are changing how you think.
  • gdp 17y ago
    No, in the early stages there is no language attached to my thought processes, though as I mentally interact with the abstract concepts, I generally start to concretise into recursive functions. This conception of 'recursive functions' still has no notation attached to it, it's more that I start to decompose my solution (mentally) into cause and effect.