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My parent and grandparent comments exemplify the true nature of the situation -- that writing and thinking are correlated, but there is no causation between the
by harpastum 17y ago
My parent and grandparent comments exemplify the true nature of the situation -- that writing and thinking are correlated, but there is no causation between them.
Writing stimulates thought. Thought stimulates writing. One does not necessitate the other.
- zaidf 17y agoTo write anything beyond random characters, you have to think. The amount of thought can vary, indeed, depending on what you are writing. Even if you wrote the word "dog"--there are some units of thought(concious or subconcious) involved. On the other hand, we think without the physical act of writing all the time.
- dejb 17y agoI don't think taking dictation would qualify as thinking in the sense meant by this article. Pretty much any action a human could undertake would qualify if that was the case.