That's a fascinating description of anendophasia from the inside. It's hard to imagine not having an innner monologue, a constant stream of words and images. Must be so nice and quiet in there! For me it takes conscious effort to step back and let it cease, but when my attention drifts away, the stream starts again by itself.
Would you say you're a visual thinker, or is there no imagery either? I'm trying to imagine (ha) how someone can think without words or images. The closest I can relate to is when I'm playing music, like the piano, there is a thinking process - even problem solving - without any concrete concepts internally, no words, colors or forms, not even sounds. Now that I think about it, I get into that mode of non-verbal (and non-visual) thinking sometimes when I'm doing math or writing software. It's like thinking by doing, often through an external medium - shaping code, numbers and operations, music or art as it's happening.
> stare at numbers until “it feels right”
I think most people do this sometimes, consciously or not, but just not as their dominant mode of thinking. How interesting.
Perhaps it was more common in the past, or in some subcultures like a Buddhist monastery. Or among animals and plants, their "thinking process", problem-solving without words.
Would you say you're a visual thinker, or is there no imagery either? I'm trying to imagine (ha) how someone can think without words or images. The closest I can relate to is when I'm playing music, like the piano, there is a thinking process - even problem solving - without any concrete concepts internally, no words, colors or forms, not even sounds. Now that I think about it, I get into that mode of non-verbal (and non-visual) thinking sometimes when I'm doing math or writing software. It's like thinking by doing, often through an external medium - shaping code, numbers and operations, music or art as it's happening.
> stare at numbers until “it feels right”
I think most people do this sometimes, consciously or not, but just not as their dominant mode of thinking. How interesting.
Perhaps it was more common in the past, or in some subcultures like a Buddhist monastery. Or among animals and plants, their "thinking process", problem-solving without words.