I think about the amount of people who have no internal monologue a lot. If having it is the actual wiring of the brain or just a different kind of filter that demands everything be articulated in case it needs to be spoken. They say only half of everyone has it and neither side knows the other exists. It's unnerving.
I've also heard that a lot of people think in printed words, seeing their thoughts lined up in their mind in real time like newspaper type.
These things can't be a measure of intelligence, there are way too many people who are genuinely smart that fall into either category. It just seems strange.
Do you think the internal monologue separates (as a whole, I'm sure there's exceptions) introverts from extroverts? Maybe the reason extroverts seek out others, is that's how they bounce ideas, whereas the introverts are busy thinking, and the interruptions are tiresome.
whereas the introverts are busy thinking, and the interruptions are tiresome.
While you are probably onto something, this is the line of thinking that creates the insufferable idea that "introverts are just smarter than everyone."
Most of them are probably too busy thinking, but often over thinking until they've created a paranoid reality for themselves until they are paralyzed with anxiety and depression.
Maybe. I wasn't going in that smart/dumb direction. I was just thinking that introverts would be more likely to have that internal soundboard. Even if the endless rumination was attached more often than not.
Right, I didn't think you were. Just pointing out that its the kind of first steps that can lead to that kind of thinking, the same way that "they have no internal monologue" doesn't necessarily make someone less intelligent either in reality but for a lot of people online the "internal monologue/apple test/breakfast question" has become their shorthand to call someone retarded.
I think about the amount of people who have no internal monologue a lot. If having it is the actual wiring of the brain or just a different kind of filter that demands everything be articulated in case it needs to be spoken. They say only half of everyone has it and neither side knows the other exists. It's unnerving.
I've also heard that a lot of people think in printed words, seeing their thoughts lined up in their mind in real time like newspaper type.
These things can't be a measure of intelligence, there are way too many people who are genuinely smart that fall into either category. It just seems strange.
Do you think the internal monologue separates (as a whole, I'm sure there's exceptions) introverts from extroverts? Maybe the reason extroverts seek out others, is that's how they bounce ideas, whereas the introverts are busy thinking, and the interruptions are tiresome.
While you are probably onto something, this is the line of thinking that creates the insufferable idea that "introverts are just smarter than everyone."
Most of them are probably too busy thinking, but often over thinking until they've created a paranoid reality for themselves until they are paralyzed with anxiety and depression.
Maybe. I wasn't going in that smart/dumb direction. I was just thinking that introverts would be more likely to have that internal soundboard. Even if the endless rumination was attached more often than not.
Right, I didn't think you were. Just pointing out that its the kind of first steps that can lead to that kind of thinking, the same way that "they have no internal monologue" doesn't necessarily make someone less intelligent either in reality but for a lot of people online the "internal monologue/apple test/breakfast question" has become their shorthand to call someone retarded.