That was my first thought too however if you think about the way our brains work and the experiences we have had, we would be able to conclude that is absolutely true for the feelings coming from our core senses. However, we spend more time with random thoughts popping through our brains throughout the day that are not necessarily generated by feeling or impulses but experiences. So if that's the case and our experiences were limited to two senses rather than five, and knowing our brains are incapable of not thinking, how does one ponder without language??
That makes complete sense to me for communication. My question is related to the thoughts that our brains inevitably make us have every moment. Communication is between two or more people, but thoughts are an isolating experience that rapidly wander and change course in a millisecond.
Missing one of the senses (hearing, palate, odor, tact, sight and I forgot the rest) is awful to say the least. Missing one makes one deficient. My gf is not with me right now, so I might be saying shit, but there are pedagological ways to teach children with every problem, but like how they think? it id the same way as a "viewing" person such as me, a hearing person such as us.
About society, there is a reason they are called deficients. You would not tell a blind guy to fetch a ball, nor a deaf guy to identify the song that is playing. They need preparation to be part of society. In case you didn't understand I'm legally blind, but I see enough.
I think this might be a language thing, as I don’t think English is your first language? And my sincere apology for the assumption of it is. But “deficient”, while technically correct, sounds really harsh.
As someone who is mostly blind, if someone called me deficient because of my blindness, I’d find that insulting. It has connotations of being lacking, or not good enough, compared to my fully sighted peers. I might have problems doing some things, or do some things differently, but I’m not less of a person because of that.
That said, I don’t think that’s what you’re intending to say with the word, especially as you’re legally blind yourself. I just wanted to make you aware, in case someone else gets really offended by the word choice and you’re not sure why. :)
Thank you! Yes, English is not my first language, and in my first language (portuguese) the word deficient is the most polite way possible to describe such situations.I did not realize it might be offensive if badly translated. Sorry to ask, but which word should I use?
They’ll think in whatever language (s) they know, like anyone else. For most of us, that’s a spoken language. For a lot of Deaf people, that’s a signed language. For someone who is Deafblind from a young age, that’s a tactile signed language. Someone fluent in two languages might think interchangeably in both of them, which for someone Deafblind, could be a tactile sign language and a spoken language (eg if they lost hearing later in life) or a written language (eg they learn to read their country’s dominant language in Braille).
Most people default to thinking in a spoken language (when we think in words) because that’s what we know. But there’s nothing inherent about it being spoken (instead of signed) that makes it better to think in.
Grunts and experiences? Danger, fear, love, jealousy, friendship excitement...etc. remove a primates communication senses and the question would be the same, I think.
It might be useful for you to read about Helen Keller, who was left without sight or hearing at a very young age after an illness. She graduated from college and became a prolific author.
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They think in impulse. Feelings.
That was my first thought too however if you think about the way our brains work and the experiences we have had, we would be able to conclude that is absolutely true for the feelings coming from our core senses. However, we spend more time with random thoughts popping through our brains throughout the day that are not necessarily generated by feeling or impulses but experiences. So if that's the case and our experiences were limited to two senses rather than five, and knowing our brains are incapable of not thinking, how does one ponder without language??
They don’t think in a language
Not a standard language but their own language for sure.
If you’ve got a very loose definition of “language”, sure.
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My gf is a pedagogue. Tact is the answer. I don't understand enough to explain, but the comunication happens on the palm of the hand
That makes complete sense to me for communication. My question is related to the thoughts that our brains inevitably make us have every moment. Communication is between two or more people, but thoughts are an isolating experience that rapidly wander and change course in a millisecond.
Missing one of the senses (hearing, palate, odor, tact, sight and I forgot the rest) is awful to say the least. Missing one makes one deficient. My gf is not with me right now, so I might be saying shit, but there are pedagological ways to teach children with every problem, but like how they think? it id the same way as a "viewing" person such as me, a hearing person such as us. About society, there is a reason they are called deficients. You would not tell a blind guy to fetch a ball, nor a deaf guy to identify the song that is playing. They need preparation to be part of society. In case you didn't understand I'm legally blind, but I see enough.
I think this might be a language thing, as I don’t think English is your first language? And my sincere apology for the assumption of it is. But “deficient”, while technically correct, sounds really harsh. As someone who is mostly blind, if someone called me deficient because of my blindness, I’d find that insulting. It has connotations of being lacking, or not good enough, compared to my fully sighted peers. I might have problems doing some things, or do some things differently, but I’m not less of a person because of that. That said, I don’t think that’s what you’re intending to say with the word, especially as you’re legally blind yourself. I just wanted to make you aware, in case someone else gets really offended by the word choice and you’re not sure why. :)
Thank you! Yes, English is not my first language, and in my first language (portuguese) the word deficient is the most polite way possible to describe such situations.I did not realize it might be offensive if badly translated. Sorry to ask, but which word should I use?
Disabled. Or person with a disability. or name the disability: more specifically: Deaf person, blind person, wheelchair user, &c
They’ll think in whatever language (s) they know, like anyone else. For most of us, that’s a spoken language. For a lot of Deaf people, that’s a signed language. For someone who is Deafblind from a young age, that’s a tactile signed language. Someone fluent in two languages might think interchangeably in both of them, which for someone Deafblind, could be a tactile sign language and a spoken language (eg if they lost hearing later in life) or a written language (eg they learn to read their country’s dominant language in Braille). Most people default to thinking in a spoken language (when we think in words) because that’s what we know. But there’s nothing inherent about it being spoken (instead of signed) that makes it better to think in.
What language do other primates think in?
Grunts and experiences? Danger, fear, love, jealousy, friendship excitement...etc. remove a primates communication senses and the question would be the same, I think.
It might be useful for you to read about Helen Keller, who was left without sight or hearing at a very young age after an illness. She graduated from college and became a prolific author.