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On 11/11/2020 19:25, bill w asked:<br>
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ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">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:</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Do you talk to
yourself when you are doing mathematics, solving an engineering
problem, perhaps? </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">How about when you
are composing an email or some other written piece?</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Do you listen to
music in your head? Even compose it?</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">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.</div>
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Yes to all the above, except imagining the feel of something when I
see it. I often do that, but not always.<br>
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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).<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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