Eli5: If we use language as instrument of thoughts, how did our ancestors think?
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You don’t actually think in language. It’s an abstraction layer above thought.
The way your mind actually works is by having a large number of connections of varying strength between a large number of elements in your brain. The actual ‘thoughts’ are the sum of what is traveling along those connections at any given time. These complex connections are unique to every person, so they can’t be used as a form of communication – everyone needs to use them as a base for building up skills like language.
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