[somrand0]

> I was not really conscious throughout most of it.

I disagree. hear me out. I think you were just using a non-linguistic mode of consciousness.

We are far too accustomed to thinking and being (and imagining that we are) made out of words, or things that can be put into words. But I have chosen to believe that this is merely one amongst various others ways to think.

Language is a tool. A human being is not made out of words (from a language). Nonetheless, a lot of what we imagine ourselves to be is made out of words (from a language).

Let's not keep on making the mistake that what we are is something that can be *completely* put into words.

[bemmu]

Know the feeling of when you know what you want to say, but haven't yet decided the words to say that in (especially in foreign languages)? When it's something that you just have to do/think and not speak, you can resist putting it into words.

For example if you're thinking "I should go to the store and buy Christmas presents", it isn't really necessary to verbalize this with your inner voice, if you're not about to say that to anyone.

Personally I find this hard to do for more than a few moments; the habit of verbalizing is too automatic. Maybe those of us who say they have no inner voice are really good at this.

I guess the AI version would be to operate in a latent state instead of always doing the forward pass all the way to words.

[kirsebaer]

You must be doing this all the time because even if you verbalize some stuff you cannot possibly verbalize everything that is happening in your mind.

[parthianshotgun]

Any further reading for the uninitiated?

[chairhairair]

Wittgenstein