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> I often construct full sentences in my head I've only ever heard that associated with schizophrenia, but I don't even know if that's true or not.
What? It's never occurred to me that this isn't entirely normal, I've done it all my life. I thought people without an inner monologue were the unusual ones.
Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone
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Re: Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I often construct full sentences in my head I've only ever heard that associated with schizophrenia, but I don't even know if that's true or not.
What? It's never occurred to me that this isn't entirely normal, I've done it all my life. I thought people without an inner monologue were the unusual ones.
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#53I don't think the out loud or someone listening / reacting matters at all here. Suspect it's entirely this: >The thought that was comfortable as a vague impression has to become a sentence, and sentences have structure. It's not unlike what people like PG say about writing improving thinking...it's the being forced to go from fuzzy directional notions to something you can put on paper in that will stand up to critiqu…
It's illogical to use one word when another is more concise and succinct like talking and speaking in this case.
Some words are self-explanatory like thinking.
Re: Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone
#54I already think in sentences so idk what this guy is on about, sounds like a skill issue.
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#55In 2017 LLMs weren't powerful enough to generate working code on their own, but my goal was to at least create a chatbot that could help you rubber-duck-debug your way to a solution. Unfortunately the tech wasn't quite strong enough for that, and not enough engineers even knew what rubber-duck-debugging was. RIP Duckly. Trying to train an LLM on two 1080ti's on the StackOverflow corpus in my living room was a vibe th…
perhaps it is time to resurrect Duckly queue Frankenstein music and thunder in background
Re: Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone
#56I don't think the out loud or someone listening / reacting matters at all here. Suspect it's entirely this: >The thought that was comfortable as a vague impression has to become a sentence, and sentences have structure. It's not unlike what people like PG say about writing improving thinking...it's the being forced to go from fuzzy directional notions to something you can put on paper in that will stand up to critiqu…
One can't think aloud. It's illogical to use one word when another is more concise and succinct like talking and speaking in this case. Some words are self-explanatory like thinking.
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I don't think the out loud or someone listening / reacting matters at all here. Suspect it's entirely this: >The thought that was comfortable as a vague impression has to become a sentence, and sentences have structure. I often construct full sentences in my head. And have conversations with my mental model of some other person. In full sentences
> I often construct full sentences in my head I've only ever heard that associated with schizophrenia, but I don't even know if that's true or not.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think the out loud or someone listening / reacting matters at all here. Suspect it's entirely this: >The thought that was comfortable as a vague impression has to become a sentence, and sentences have structure. I often construct full sentences in my head. And have conversations with my mental model of some other person. In full sentences
> I often construct full sentences in my head I've only ever heard that associated with schizophrenia, but I don't even know if that's true or not.
Your comment made me pause in the "wait, other people don't do that?" way.
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What? It's never occurred to me that this isn't entirely normal, I've done it all my life. I thought people without an inner monologue were the unusual ones.
I think there is a difference between having an inner monologue, and imagining a conversation with another person in your head.
Not so much imagining a conversation in your head, but playing through a conversation with "the other side" of the coin (be it an idea, plan, problem, solution etc) which are both yourself if that makes sense.
Is this not what the inner monologue to yourself is? Your inner is conversing with your outer monologue. Hard to explain.
Would consider myself to be both physically and mentally stable, no conditions etc.
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I think there is a difference between having an inner monologue, and imagining a conversation with another person in your head.
Created a throwaway for this, but is this not what people do? Not so much imagining a conversation in your head, but playing through a conversation with "the other side" of the coin (be it an idea, plan, problem, solution etc) which are both yourself if that makes sense. Is this not what the inner monologue to yourself is? Your inner is conversing with your outer monologue. Hard to explain. Would consider myself to b…