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Okay...so I'm writing about autism since I'm giving a talk in like five days and I got to thinking about thought.
I have 2,250 words typed already but this whole thing has me stumped.

I want to know what shape a thought is.
Because how can I know if I think in pictures if I don't know what everyone else thinks in?
Because I thought you guys thought in like typed words and then I thought in my way "then how would you have thoughts before written language?"
So I asked my mom what form her thoughts take place as and she said it was just a streaming voice and then my brain went "whoa, what the hell?"

Are thoughts a streaming voice?
If thoughts are just a streaming voice then what is a thought before you know language?
What is a thought like if you don't know what words are, if you've been confined to silence?
Do you need language to have thoughts?
Before the language was it pictures?

I just need a definition or like an image. I know this might be really confusing but I'm confused about the way a "normal" brain has a thought. What the heck does it "look" like so to say?

Note: this sound theoretical but it isn't. I just want to know what a thought is like um...jeebus, physically in your brain. Is is just a voice?

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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (3) Share on Facebook A summery of Your Favorite Annoying T... Hello, I am YFAT or Lo. I have been writing/around on Journal Scape for over a decade now. Time flies! This journal chronicles my random thoughts, high moments and sometimes low, throughout high school, college, and now beyond, into the world of "adulthood", whatever that means. Sinerely, ~Lo		2007-12-29 11:13 PM What is the shape of a thought? Okay...so I'm writing about autism since I'm giving a talk in like five days and I got to thinking about thought. I have 2,250 words typed already but this whole thing has me stumped. I want to know what shape a thought is. Because how can I know if I think in pictures if I don't know what everyone else thinks in? Because I thought you guys thought in like typed words and then I thought in my way "then how would you have thoughts before written language?" So I asked my mom what form her thoughts take place as and she said it was just a streaming voice and then my brain went "whoa, what the hell?" Are thoughts a streaming voice? If thoughts are just a streaming voice then what is a thought before you know language? What is a thought like if you don't know what words are, if you've been confined to silence? Do you need language to have thoughts? Before the language was it pictures? I just need a definition or like an image. I know this might be really confusing but I'm confused about the way a "normal" brain has a thought. What the heck does it "look" like so to say? Note: this sound theoretical but it isn't. I just want to know what a thought is like um...jeebus, physically in your brain. Is is just a voice? Read/Post Comments (3) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top