i agree. my existence is solitary. sometimes i go for weeks with my only
'conversation' being with sales clerks at check-out counters.
thought, for me, is like watching a Physics experiment. i 'translate'
'thought' into words only when there's a need to communicate this or that.
ken
Larisa Migachyov wrote:
> John Turnbull wrote:
> > 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 it's so hard to believe that an expression of anguish can
> have no words attached to it. When you trip, do you think "Oh no! I
> tripped!" in precisely these words?
>> --
> Larisa Migachyov
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