+42 It's mind-blowing to think about how speaking and languages began, you can't think of a world without verbal communication. How would you even think without words, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Sometimes my thoughts are just pictures. Though the world would be lonely without any communication

by Anonymous 13 years ago

that's actually quite deep. I'm gonna seriously ponder how to think without words. Although, presumably we were not modern humans the last time we had no words. Also, great apes learn sign language and birds speak, which is also mind blowing to me.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think that we can conclude that the world is just an amazing place.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

We are formatted to think with words, so most of us do it most of the time. However you can think without it ; chances are these thoughts will be simple or confuse. Language seem to only serve communication, but it has this strange power to extend the ability to think.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I think thoughts without words would basically just be ideas or images

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Wouldn't need to think with words if everything modern we do involves words

by Anonymous 11 years ago

you would think how you do now just without words you'd still have your feelings, visual memories, etc. words are sounds you would probably just think with different sounds that aren't words the majority (maybe 80%) of communication is non-verbal

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That is a large truth that I didn't consider

by Anonymous 11 years ago