Quote from: GoldSoul on Jul 12, 2026, 10:19 PMI am unsure. I knew of a programmer who would score highish on an aptitude test; he claimed to have no inner speech. I've also heard of people who can't visualize objects in their minds and they seem to be functional. Maybe it's the same kind of disconnect that blind people have which results in compensating in other areas.

Quote from: GoldSoul on Jul 12, 2026, 10:19 PM

Quote from: sub rosa on Jul 08, 2026, 12:31 PMOnly a minority (around 10%) supposedly exhibits no inner speech at all, responding strictly to external stimuli. These are probably the classic tards without the science naming the spade. If you ask Chatty, it walks on eggshells ... 'well it's not really true that most people have no inner speech" then it proceeds to make the technical apologetics above.

I am unsure. I knew of a programmer who would score highish on an aptitude test; he claimed to have no inner speech. I've also heard of people who can't visualize objects in their minds and they seem to be functional. Maybe it's the same kind of disconnect that blind people have which results in compensating in other areas.

Quote from: sub rosa on Jul 08, 2026, 12:31 PMOnly a minority (around 10%) supposedly exhibits no inner speech at all, responding strictly to external stimuli. These are probably the classic tards without the science naming the spade. If you ask Chatty, it walks on eggshells ... 'well it's not really true that most people have no inner speech" then it proceeds to make the technical apologetics above.

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