Half kidding but I still refuse to believe that some people don't have an internal monologue. Maybe they don't understand the question? Like wtf they just go around without a single thought crossing their mind??
If it sounds impossible, consider that this is how people who were born deaf operate. They've never heard speech, so they have no internal monologue. They have to think in abstract concepts and feelings, perhaps in visualized words at best. It's impossible for them to "think things through" without first simplifying them to the point where they can be understood without the use of complex language.
This, I believe, is why so many born deafs are completely insane. It must be maddening to be unable to think on the level that others are, and not only that, but to be painfully aware of this deficit. I can't even imagine.
Sort of true, math is basically an IQ test.
Also a slightly older greentext but its quite insightful. There is a longer version somewhere that has more goodies.
Half kidding but I still refuse to believe that some people don't have an internal monologue. Maybe they don't understand the question? Like wtf they just go around without a single thought crossing their mind??
If it sounds impossible, consider that this is how people who were born deaf operate. They've never heard speech, so they have no internal monologue. They have to think in abstract concepts and feelings, perhaps in visualized words at best. It's impossible for them to "think things through" without first simplifying them to the point where they can be understood without the use of complex language.
This, I believe, is why so many born deafs are completely insane. It must be maddening to be unable to think on the level that others are, and not only that, but to be painfully aware of this deficit. I can't even imagine.
Yeah that's a good example. Still I'd like to talk to one of these people some day lol