What's more interesting about this to me is... This man writes novels. I've always experienced fiction as a "Movie in my head" kind of experience. When I get really into a book, the world around me falls away, and I feel very literally in the narrative.

So how does one experience a novel, if they can't visualize the story in their mind?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here's another mind fuck: you don't need to internally verbalize to have thoughts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

That actually makes more sense to me. My cat clearly has thoughts, ideas, preferences, but she doesn't have words to go with those thoughts. Her inner life is devoid of a monologue.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

I just like, absorb the info? Like, I can watch a movie and understand what's happening. Or read words and understand what's happening. Converting words to a movie sounds like an unnecessary step, but idk, I don't experience that.