hatmoza said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
hatmoza said:
Frankly, I think the people who are saying they think purely without words are full of shit. But that's just me.
The example of food Trollwhisperer provided above is true, and I'm sure there are many other instances of thinking with "feelings". But don't tell me, someone who speaks several languages doesn't have words going through their minds when they're working through their thoughts. That's absurd.
In my personal opinion, that would only be true if you were living by yourself on an island your whole life. If anything, the formation of words and languages helped develop cognitive abilities throughout history. Ever heard of constructivism in education? The idea of constructivism is pretty big in schools these days and it's basically the concept of how we build on past knowledge to increase our learning skills ... mainly thinking. |
You're right, it's definitely just you.
Don't believe me, but it's 100% true. I really only think with words when I read or write those words. Why would I and several other people be lying?
I can easily find a few discussions online about this and you'll find many people think in concepts:
http://intjforum.com/showthread.php?t=24280
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=844786
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8gu1p/do_you_think_in_words/
http://able2know.org/topic/175479-1
Edit: Actually, I'm gonna ask you: what do you tell yourself? In what situations do you think in words? Can you give me examples? I'm curious about this.
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Notice how I said "purely without words." I'm very familiar with different learning styles and how they can be associated with thinking. I'm well aware that some people lean towards being visual learners/thinkers. However, my argument (and again this is a personal opinion) is that as long as you know a language, you will have a stream of words going through your head at any given time.
I believe that you are predominantly a visual/abstract thinker. But I absolutely refuse to believe that that completely substitutes words.
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As I said I only hear the words in my head when reading/writing (although faintly and accompanied by the images I picture) and perhaps when remembering/imagining conversations. If you don't want to believe me, whatever...
I just asked my girlfriend and she actually laughed at the concept of thinking with words. She said it would be 'time consuming'. So at least I know I'm not weird...
I seriously always thought that only happened in movies/series, when you hear the character's mind's sentences while they gesticulate. I never until know believed people actually do that (and apparently a majority).
Can you give me some examples of what you tell yourself?
