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Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by usgroup on Sunday October 20, 2024 @12:17PM (#41896381)
I think it’s a nicely summarised challenge to boot.

It’s doubtless to me that thinking happens without intermediary symbols; but it’s also obvious that I can’t think deeply without the waypoints and context symbols provide. I think it is a common sense opinion.

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Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by Izkata on Sunday October 20, 2024 @06:17PM (#41898950)
"Language" is a subset of "symbols". I agree with what you said, but it's not representative of the quote in GP.

Just a few days ago was "What do you visualize while programming?", and there's a few of us in the comments that, when programming, think symbolically without language: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41869237

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