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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I suspect that most people have a partial internal monologue, whereby some thoughts arise to the level of verbiage and others don’t. There is also variance in how self-aware we are of our thoughts themselves. I don’t think anyone can keep up effective, meta self-monitoring 100% of the time, so our own view of our thought process is probably skewed as well. Some people swear that every single thought they have is 100% verbalized. I think that’s impossible and they’re only counting verbal thoughts as thoughts. But no doubt some people verbalize more than others.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Insightful, I've found that most people change their answers at least slightly after having time to observe their thoughts for a while, we are geniuses at believing our own conjectures.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd say I can't actively observe a thought without my internal monologue in some way narrating it or articulating what's going on. Frankly that's the reason I have difficulty understanding what it's like for someone without internal monologue.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I’ve been able to observe myself stringing ideas together in a complicated way before actual words can land. The other day this happened and I considered stopping to put words to my thought and decided to just let it go and move on.

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