Those are interesting claims, but I think you misunderstood a little. I do have an internal monologue, sometimes; I just don’t bother to use it, a lot of the time. It depends on circumstances.
You moved in the span of half a year from: “I’m pretty sure I don’t have a internal monologue, I don’t know what the term is supposed to mean.” to “I do have an internal monologue, sometimes”.
That’s basically my point. With a bit of direction there something that you could recognize there to be an internal monologue in your mind.
Of course once you recognize it, you aren’t in the state anymore where you would say: “I’m pretty sure I don’t have a internal monologue.” That’s typical for those kind of issues.
I was basically right with my claim that “I’m pretty sure I don’t have a internal monologue.” is wrong, and did what it took to for you to recognize it.
itaibn0 claimed that the claim was etymologically unsubstantiated. It was substantiated and turned out to be right.
Actually, I would have made the same claim half a year ago. The only difference is that I have a different model of what the words “internal monologue” mean—that, and I’ve done some extra modelling and introspection for a novel.
Yes, now you have a mental model that allows you to believe “I do have an internal monologue, sometimes” back then you didn’t. What I did write was intended to create that model in your mind.
To me it seems like it worked. It’s also typical that people backport their mental models into the past when they remember what happened in the past.
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Those are interesting claims, but I think you misunderstood a little. I do have an internal monologue, sometimes; I just don’t bother to use it, a lot of the time. It depends on circumstances.
You moved in the span of half a year from: “I’m pretty sure I don’t have a internal monologue, I don’t know what the term is supposed to mean.” to “I do have an internal monologue, sometimes”.
That’s basically my point. With a bit of direction there something that you could recognize there to be an internal monologue in your mind.
Of course once you recognize it, you aren’t in the state anymore where you would say: “I’m pretty sure I don’t have a internal monologue.” That’s typical for those kind of issues.
I was basically right with my claim that “I’m pretty sure I don’t have a internal monologue.” is wrong, and did what it took to for you to recognize it. itaibn0 claimed that the claim was etymologically unsubstantiated. It was substantiated and turned out to be right.
Actually, I would have made the same claim half a year ago. The only difference is that I have a different model of what the words “internal monologue” mean—that, and I’ve done some extra modelling and introspection for a novel.
Yes, now you have a mental model that allows you to believe “I do have an internal monologue, sometimes” back then you didn’t. What I did write was intended to create that model in your mind.
To me it seems like it worked. It’s also typical that people backport their mental models into the past when they remember what happened in the past.