[ExI] inner talk; idle curiosity

[John Grigg]

I generally talk to myself when dealing with an interpersonal problem with
another human being. I do sort of a mental simulation of what I might say
in the future to them. Or I vent and state things I would never dare in
real life! Lol

John

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 2:59 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Any response you make is normal.  I think.
>
> bill w
>
> bill w
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