Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Discussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I can only imagine the difference it would make if instead of telling about your idea you could show it

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There’s also some thinkers who say that thinking only ever happens through language, so talking could be more of a mapping of “thinking words” onto “communication words”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I disagree, though. I, for one, know that I "feel" or "visualize" a concept in my head and the words to define that idea comes after. I often talk really fast because my thoughts are going faster than words can form and I feel like I'm trying to catch up to them.

Your statement also suggests that animals that don't have a "language" can't think, which is an odd thing to believe imo..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah I've always wondered what the mind would be like on someone that doesn't know any languages. Would something like anxiety or rumimation even be possible for a person like that?