[ExI] inner talk; idle curiosity

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 11/11/2020 19:25, bill w asked:
> If I had been asked if everyone talked to themselves, had images of 
> what they were reading , and so on, I would have thought:  don't most 
> people. Answer: No.  So, on a gloomy day I just thought I'd ask:
>
> Do you talk to yourself when you are doing mathematics, solving an 
> engineering problem, perhaps?
>
> How about when you are composing an email or some other written piece?
>
> Do you listen to music in your head?  Even compose it?
>
> Do you imagine the feel of some object, skin, fabric, tree bark when 
> you see it? You may be surprised at some of these questions , but not 
> all people do these things.

Yes to all the above, except imagining the feel of something when I see 
it. I often do that, but not always.

I don't understand how anyone can think without doing those things 
(except the music, I can accept that there are people who don't play 
music in their heads most of the time. Poor buggers. I almost always 
have a tune in my head, so don't need constant background noise like 
some people seem to).

-- 
Ben Zaiboc

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