I think in words, but there are obviously concepts that defy articulation (i.e. emotions, etc), so i'm incapable of thinking about a potentially large pool of concepts because I cannot articulate them. I can have feelings about something I can't describe, but I'm not sure I can actually have rational thought about them.

agree/dissagree :dunno:

 

... then your not truely creative, are you?

Its not a matter of whether you can think of it or not, or whether you can articulate and comprehend the thought. I get plenty of ideas in my head, and many of which I could only try and apply, and could not even attempt to articulate.

 

you're more or less tapping a percentage of your brain that you cant conciously understand or put into words yet, but the potential is there to comprehend

 

i use symbols and metaphors

 

I carve on the walls.

But yes, communication hinders your ability to express thoughts. h:

 

however, we can think in groups. Like we don't have to mentally pronounce every word in a paragraph.
Whenever we are pressed, we can think about a paragraph a second.

 

Sounds to me like you need to work on your vocabulary

 

I think I see what you're saying. A friend of mine told me about a metaphysics problem one of his comp sci professors told him about. The scenario is this:

You're talking to an alien on another planet, but you don't know where the planet is and you don't know what the alien looks like. The alien can speak and understand English and understands as much math as you can explain. Now describe right and left.

If I've accurately repeated it, there is no solution to this problem. (I'll check with my friend the next time I talk to him.)

The point is that articulating abstractions isn't impossible as long as there is a common framework between two people. "Right" and "left" are totally arbitrary words for a spatial concept -- movement in two or more dimensions.

 

the worst is when you look at situations, and they kinda form this kinda abstract pattern in your head, and you can't explain it to anyone h:

 

I dont think right and left is so complicated to explain... Just tell the alien that its on either side of an vertical axis (real or imaginary)... in some case Human body being the axis or anthing else! I think that it really is a lack of vocabulary, I myself have a hard time trying to explain thing in englsih but i have no problem to explain them in french as it is my first language, and that i read alot in french...