The age of social media has revealed quite a few truths about humanity itself, and not all of them are flattering. But every once in a while, a wave of discussion that hits the internet really helps us understand each other better. Consider the surprise expressed by some people in recent years to learn that “picture” something in your head is not just a metaphor. So when people “draw a picture of an apple”, does that mean they are actually seeing an apple in their head, rather than just thinking about it? The inability to do so has a Greek name: aphantasia. fantasia“image”, and the prefix –be“Without it.”
Recently, the same template has been used to create another term, “anonymia,” whose etymology is Endo and aphasia It means “inner” and “word”. As you might have guessed, this word refers to: lack of inner monologue. For many people hearing this word for the first time, it will sound strange. Some people can’t imagine thinking in words, and some people can’t imagine thinking in other words.
These are, as explained in Voided Thoughts video onthese are just some of the differences in the experience in our heads. About 40 percent of us hear or even have a conversation with our “inner voice,” about 50 percent see with our mind’s eye instead, and about 20 percent report thinking solely from our emotions. People who belong to one of those groups will have a hard time imagining what life is like for other groups.
This is due to the inherent inaccessibility of one person’s subjective experience to another, a situation that has plagued philosophers virtually since the profession emerged. But scientific researchers are also investigating it. the study They suggest that the ability to express our inner monologues and mental landscapes makes more than a small difference in our lives. Visual thinkers, or videonoteners, tend to be better at memorizing things. Verbal thinkers are “usually better at planning, problem-solving, and rehearsing,” but they are also “more prone to loop thinking.” In reality, most of us use both forms of thinking in different proportions depending on the situation, so to some extent we can enjoy the benefits of both, but we need to be aware of the drawbacks of both.
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