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Originally posted by schrodingers dog
Originally posted by cbass
Not true at all.
I am thinking something right now about this post,
and I can not say it.
I know that you're being funny, but the fact is that if you are aware of your thoughts it is only in a verbal context.
Originally posted by schrodingers dog
This subject might well be one that has research behind it. And I will seek it but this is something that I have believed for as long as I can remember so I wanted to share it with you.
To the degree that we use our brains to process what we sense, analyze it, think about it, and express it, we as humans cannot have a thought that does not have a word assigned to it.
Originally posted by paradigm619
I'm willing to except this theory, but my question to the OP (and any others who would like to chime in) is how, then, did we learn to speak in the first place?
Until this question is addressed, I still have trouble with this theory.
You learn to speak piecemeal. You can copy the sounds like a parrot would. But then you begin repeating the sounds back to people to see how they respond. You learn the meaning of the word based SOLELY on how other people respond to it.
originally posted by: schrodingers dog
The human brain can only think what it can say.
originally posted by: schrodingers dog
Think of it this way. The human brain can only think what it can say. The human experience and feelings are infinite. But as far as thought is concerned we are restricted by our language.
[edit on 9/21/2008 by schrodingers dog]
originally posted by: crowdedskies
originally posted by: schrodingers dog
Think of it this way. The human brain can only think what it can say. The human experience and feelings are infinite. But as far as thought is concerned we are restricted by our language.
[edit on 9/21/2008 by schrodingers dog]
Certainly not...!
I think you have got it the wrong way round. You should be saying :" You can only say what you can think" NOT "you can only think what you can say"
Language is the use of symbols. Symbols interpret thoughts and feeling. Different countries have used different symbols.
Thought came first and language came after. You seem to be suggesting the opposite. How strange !
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: schrodingers dog
The human brain can only think what it can say.
I think emotions are felt and 'thought' and yet we can't express them with words.