• redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    6 months ago

    Those are probably the quick-thinker types. I wonder if people with inner voices take longer when making decision because they have to “listen” to the their inner voices.

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      6 months ago

      A friend asked me the same thing, they have a back and forth of voices, at significant speed, and then they reach a decision. Whereas I just “know” all the pros and cons (to the best of my ability) all at once if that makes sense?

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        6 months ago

        I don’t know what it is I know, except that if I start flapping my gums the ol’ blackbox will fill in the details. I kind of realise it as I’m saying it lol

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      6 months ago

      I’ve got both pathways in my brain. Thinking without words is definitely faster. Verbal thought is better for communication and crystallisation of ideas. I.e. I think about something non-verbally, then internally verbalise the conclusions to help fix it in my memory and communicate it.

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      6 months ago

      I don’t think i’m a quick thinker guy, but my reflexes are shockingly good. Like i i sometimes knock something over while cooking and i just see it in the corner of my eyes and somehow catch it midair. But in this fraction of a second my inner monologue still goes: i just knocked something over, but what, oh right, i put the soda stream bottle on the counter because i just emptied the dishwasher. Oh no it’s also probably the glass one, because i have three glass bottles and only one that is plastic, so this could bet really messy when it breaks, they are also kinda expensive.
      And then i somehow hold it in my hand before i fully caught up. Kinda like when you snooze for 10 minutes but have like 2 hours worth of dreams.

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      6 months ago

      Have to admit the number of people in here with full internal voices has made me realize why podcasts and long videos of youtubers talking are so popular.

      I hate them because it’s like spending 10 minutes to be drip fed 1 minute’s worth of information.

      • Today@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I hate videos of talking and i don’t understand why tiktok is popular. I can skim an article without watching 10 minutes of crap.

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          6 months ago

          Exactly, it’s like not being able to fast travel in a game.

          I like tiktok for non talky stuff like those 10 second videos of a fox walking along or something.