Bilingual people: What language do you *think* in??

[Troll_Whisperer]

hatmoza said:

Troll_Whisperer said:
In a famous letter to Jacques Hadamard, Einstein described the important role of the visual in his own extremely abstract thinking: “The words of the language, as they are written and spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The psychical entities which seem to serve as elements in thought are certain signs and more or less clear images which can be volutarily reproduced or combined…. The above mentioned elements are, in my case, of visual and some muscular type…”

Einstein himself didn't think any words, ergo it's possible to formulate very complicated ideas without any words.

I think that's proof enough. I don't see any proof from you that you must absolutely use words to think. As I said, there's no need to continue this conversation if you don't believe what I tell you about myself, I find it really irritating.

Next time you try to pull a fast quote and retreat on me:

1- Make sure it's not from one of my idols whom I'm very familiar with

2- That you provide the WHOLE QUOTE

"The words or the language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The psychical entities which seem to serve as elements in thought are certain signs and more or less clear images which can be 'voluntarily' reproduced and combined. .... This combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought before there is any connection with logical construction in words or other kinds of signs which can be communicated to others". Albert Einstein in a letter to Jacques Hadamard.

http://www.sv.vt.edu/classes/ESM4714/Gen_Prin/vizthink.html

 

I think my argument here is done... it's been a while since I've "owned" someone in an argument. I think I'm gonna have a good sleep tonight

Sigh, dude. Reread it.

What he means is that he thinks abstractly and the produces words when he actually needs to speak.

Sleep well.