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Re:The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generat... by idiotsecant on Sunday July 26, 2026 @06:47AM (#49056721)
I think you're conflating different things. Many people do not have an internal 'narrator'. I am one. I don't have a voice in my head saying words, ever. I do definitely have something like a playback of other people saying things, though. Words are still in there in the form of recall, they are just not part of the executive layer in a way I have access to.
Re:The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generat... by cataphract on Sunday July 26, 2026 @10:28AM (#49058581)
What about when you're reading? You don't have a voice in your head saying the words?
Re:The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generat... by lanstin on Sunday July 26, 2026 @11:24AM (#49059072)
Only if it is a very hard text that I have to move slowly thru. For normal reading, no not at all. If I am trying to read something faster than is comfortable, I will periodically emphasize the thing, the idea, behind a key word, so I am more likely to remember it at the useful time. Not verbal and there are many many times when I can describe the thing but not recall the normal word. Like the flat thing with keys in it instead of keyboard. Or even weird quasi-synonyms that serve to muddy the waters as far as sharing my thoughts with others goes.
Re:The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generat... by idiotsecant on Sunday July 26, 2026 @07:45PM (#49063528)
No. Do you? Like you hear words in your head?

Obviously there is a language layer in there somewhere, but my 'driver' doesn't access it. I don't think in words, I don't have an internal narrative, and when I'm reading I don't even 'see' individual words, in the same way you aren't thinking about your ankle muscles when you're hitting the brakes while driving.

I definitely can consciously make words, but it's 'me' deliberately deciding to make them and hold them in my head. It wouldn't happen naturally.

Re:The new rules of context engineering for Claude 5 generat... by cataphract on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @01:12PM (#49086973)
Yes, which maybe is a disadvantage because it limits the speed I read to the speed I can articulate the words in my head. But most of the time I'm not consciously aware of it, just like people who go one step further and move their lips are usually not aware (I assume).