
Saved by Gisel Sánchez
You Don’t Need Words to Think
Saved by Gisel Sánchez
Thinking is fundamentally done alone
You need to get used to thinking in that language, and relying on translations the entire time is not useful for this.
Our language-based theories of how our minds work don't often succeed in explaining how our minds actually work, for so many layers of the mind's operations occur prior to the stories and explanations we offer with language. Neuroscience is helpful in capturing more subconscious processes.