ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoDiscussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDiscussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea.ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
I can only imagine the difference it would make if instead of telling about your idea you could show it
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoThere’s also some thinkers who say that thinking only ever happens through language, so talking could be more of a mapping of “thinking words” onto “communication words”.
There’s also some thinkers who say that thinking only ever happens through language, so talking could be more of a mapping of “thinking words” onto “communication words”.