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PhilGoetz comments on Thinking without words? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: PhilGoetz 09 July 2011 06:25PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 11 July 2011 12:04:06AM 1 point [-]

Do you believe that people who haven't been taught language, can't think?

Comment author: XiXiDu 11 July 2011 09:53:52AM *  2 points [-]

Do you believe that people who haven't been taught language, can't think?

You are putting words in my mouth. Have you read my other comment?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 12 July 2011 07:48:18PM *  0 points [-]

Yes. My OP asked about how to think without words. Your comment assumed that I had asked how to solve word problems without words. So I inferred that you thought thinking was a subset of word problems.