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Post by rapidfire187 on Oct 31, 2010 7:53:26 GMT -5
Ok, I got this idea from another board and thought it was a really awesome thread. Basically, ask a question that contains some sort of contradiction or something else that requires serious thought to answer. If you can't think of one, answer one. I'll start:
If somebody is born deaf, thus never learning how to talk then how do they think? I mean, I think in English because that's how I talk. My thoughts sound like my voice. So if someone has no voice, and no concept of audible language, what goes through their head when they think?
Note: I actually know the answer to this because I got curious and looked it up once. But that's cheating!
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Post by B'Cup x on Oct 31, 2010 7:56:03 GMT -5
isnt it believed that babies, before they are able to comprehend language, thinking in images?
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Post by rapidfire187 on Oct 31, 2010 8:06:42 GMT -5
isnt it believed that babies, before they are able to comprehend language, thinking in images? I didn't really know that, but that sounds right. And you're also on the right track to the answer. Basically, a deaf mute will think in images because that's the only sensory input that they can really use for thoughts. If the person is able to learn sign language, they will actually think in sign language. It's still weird to think about because it seems very counter intuitive to be LOOKING at your thoughts all the time. I wonder if they're able to visually see everything they're looking at while thinking? |
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Post by B'Cup x on Oct 31, 2010 8:14:32 GMT -5
so that leads onto the question of how deaf/mutes comprehend abstract thought? or indeed how do blind/deaf/mutes think?
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Post by rapidfire187 on Oct 31, 2010 8:49:41 GMT -5
so that leads onto the question of how deaf/mutes comprehend abstract thought? or indeed how do blind/deaf/mutes think? Well the article that I read basically said that they're mentally handicapped until they get the ability to think in sign language. I don't want to sound like a jerk, and I could very well be wrong but I'd guess that they just aren't able to think as deeply as somebody that didn't have to overcome the inability to think. I've always wondered the same thing about blind/deaf/mutes. That's got to be a miserable life. I guess it seems worse to me because I'm thinking of losing the ability to see/hear/talk. I would think that someone that is born that way would be very mentally incapable. There can't be that many things that can be learned through touch. |
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Oct 31, 2010 14:30:56 GMT -5
Along the same lines: do bilingual people think in both languages?
Like, an old supervisor of mine grew up in Mexico and moved to Michigan as a teenager, with a very limited grasp of English. He eventually learned to be fluent in both, but I always wondered, when he was thinking, was he thinking "This guy is an asshole" or "este hombre es un pendejo"?
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Oct 31, 2010 15:48:02 GMT -5
Along the same lines: do bilingual people think in both languages? Like, an old supervisor of mine grew up in Mexico and moved to Michigan as a teenager, with a very limited grasp of English. He eventually learned to be fluent in both, but I always wondered, when he was thinking, was he thinking "This guy is an asshole" or "este hombre es un pendejo"? I predominantly dream in English, but also dream in Welsh and Russian from time to time. Usually I think in English, but occasionally a memory or a recollection in Welsh or Russian will pop in. |
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