>>>>> "Larisa" == Larisa Migachyov <lvm at leland.Stanford.EDU> writes:
Larisa> And, as several posters have already mentioned, thinking
Larisa> does not have to involve speech. I offer some more
Larisa> examples of nonverbal thinking:
Larisa> Create a simple melody. Now, "play" it in your mind.
Larisa> Add a simple accompaniment. "Play" a variation on that
Larisa> melody. "Play" another variation in the style of Mozart.
Larisa> Create a 4-voice fugue based on that melody. Improvise
Larisa> freely in your mind on that melody and smoothly meld it
Larisa> into the tune from Beethoven's 5th.
Larisa> Design a simple mechanism that can withdraw a spoonful of
Larisa> coffee from a jar, put it in a cup, and add boiling water
Larisa> and cream. Let it be actuated by an electric motor of
Larisa> given parameters. It should be simple to use, easy to
Larisa> maintain, and portable.
Larisa> Obviously, the worlds of dance, music, art, engineering,
Larisa> and sports can offer much more examples.
Try playing the game of Tetris, too! I can't see how far one could
get if he plays it by verbal thinking.
Go and have a ride a bike or drive a car. Don't tell me you don't
think when you're driving or riding a bike. And don't tell me that
you have to talk to yourself in words inside your mind when you're
doing this kind of thinking. Otherwise, you'll be too slow to react
to anything, let alone accidents.
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