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Language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought

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549 points orcul | 2 comments | 17 Oct 24 12:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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fnordpiglet ◴[19 Oct 24 03:16 UTC] No.41885384[source]▶
For those who can’t and don’t think in words this is unsurprising.
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neom ◴[19 Oct 24 18:19 UTC] No.41889537[source]▶
How would someone think in words? You mean the words in the pictures or...?
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1. mjochim ◴[19 Oct 24 18:31 UTC] No.41889619[source]▶
By "hearing" words, sentences, dialogues in their mind. Just like imagining a picture, but audio instead.
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2. Teever ◴[19 Oct 24 18:45 UTC] No.41889719[source]▶
but words, sentences, and dialogues are all features of language.