what good is thinking if you can not communicate it, Allan
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 6:33 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > There is still a question as to whether language plays any role in > thinking. > > On 6 Jan, 15:41, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is indeed a very, very complex topic worth discussing and simplifying. >> Help me understand what you are aiming at by telling me whether music and >> dance would also account for languages of thinking. Thanks. >> >> 2013/1/6 andrew vecsey <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I have written a new chapter to my "Think Park - A Journey thru space and >> > time" publication/video that made me think more about thinking. Whenever I >> > think, I seem to be talking to myself, I can think about something in my >> > memory by imagining and reliving sensations I remember, but whenever I >> > think about those memories, I ultimately revert to talking to my self (up >> > to now, fortunately silently). Do others in this group of thinkers have the >> > same experience? If yes, why do you think that it is like that? If not, how >> > do you manage to think without mentally talking it out? The excerpt of my >> > new chapter that started me thinking about this line of thought is below: >> >> > "Before men could talk, they groaned and grunted. Just like with crying >> > and laughing, it was sometimes difficult to tell the difference between >> > displays of sorrow and joy, or pain and pleasure. At the 60 meter point >> > from the start of the think park, about 18,000 years ago, man started to >> > use *words* to display his emotions. Words helped man to think and >> > enabled him to articulate and share his inner most thoughts. *Pictures >> > and written words* enabled his thoughts and his knowledge to be stored >> > for later contemplation and to be scattered like seed to grow. This >> > cultivation, communication and sharing of thoughts, knowledge and >> > experience resulted in the growth of *agriculture* that enabled * >> > civilizations* to flourish." >> >> > -- > > -- > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. Of course I talk to myself, Sometimes I need expert advice.. --
