No we don’t. Apparently you do, though. No reason to believe otherwise. :)
Please keep up these postings! They are very enjoyable.
Going back to “explaining” something by naming it (from a couple of your earlier posts):
e.g. Q: Why does this block fall to the floor when I let go of it? … A: Gravity!
I always thought that such explanations were common side-effects of thinking in words. Sort of like optical illusions are side-effects of how the visual system works. Perhaps not. One does not need to use words to think symbolically. There are, after all, other ways to do lossy compression than with symbols.
Anyway, I’ll still assert that it’s easier to fall for such an “explanation” if you think in words. … An easy assertion, given how hard it is to count the times one does it!
Quote: “We think in words, ”
No we don’t. Apparently you do, though. No reason to believe otherwise. :)
Please keep up these postings! They are very enjoyable.
Going back to “explaining” something by naming it (from a couple of your earlier posts):
e.g. Q: Why does this block fall to the floor when I let go of it? … A: Gravity!
I always thought that such explanations were common side-effects of thinking in words. Sort of like optical illusions are side-effects of how the visual system works. Perhaps not. One does not need to use words to think symbolically. There are, after all, other ways to do lossy compression than with symbols.
Anyway, I’ll still assert that it’s easier to fall for such an “explanation” if you think in words. … An easy assertion, given how hard it is to count the times one does it!