In article <7fvh6r751r.fsf at faith.csis.hku.hk>,
Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~} <sdlee at faith.csis.hku.hk> wrote:
>I do have the "Oh no! I missed that note!" thought when playing the
>piano, but that thought comes in a completely NON-VERBAL way. Again,
>that though flashings in my mind in a language-independent way, and
>there is too little time for me to put the thought into words of any
>language I'm fluent in.
Why would it take time to put into words. If you think the thought the
words are there. They may not be top-most to your attention. It is a
mere shift in mental focus to have the words present. How sure are you
the words are not there?
>I don't know why you MUST tie each thought with some words. Yes, you
>need the words to describe it to us, but that doesn't means that you
>MUST use those words when you think about it. Have you ever had some
>"strange" feelings that you find it hard to describe it to your
>friends verbally? Have you ever had some bright theories which you
>find it hard to explain to your friends verbally (but pretty easy when
>you use diagrams)?
The verbal part of your mind is not idle. It is generating words with
each thought. You may choose to ignore them. Maybe a strange feeling
can't be described because we don't know anymore than it is a strange
feeling. Explaining bright theories should be done in the most
appropriate manner. If you are a musician playing the music may be the
best way of communicating it, and for some things a diagram will be
useful. Usually there is verbiage to go along with the other styles
of communicating. It may be tough to explain without words in many
cases.
John
