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Q&A with a person who does not have an internal monologue

PA Struggles1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
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A student interviews Kirsten Carlson, who does not have an internal monologue, and she answers questions about how she thinks. The video grew out of a viral article about people lacking inner speech.

HN refers to it as a vivid first-person account of anendophasia whenever inner monologues come up.

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@jengleton2020 · in “OpenAI's GPT-3 may be the biggest thing since Bitcoin”

Also interesting to note that a good portion of people lack an internal monologue. This interview made the rounds a while back: [VIDEO]

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@henearkr2020 · in “What Is the Sound of Thought?”

I get that you are in disbelief, but this is actually a thing. Numerous testimonies are unambiguous, such as this one: [VIDEO] Like, the interviewee is able to read extremely fast ("superhuman", according to the interviewer), as a consequence to the absence of inner speech. This kind of details eliminate the possibility of the uncertainties you suggested.

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@jumping_frog2024 · in “What do you visualize while programming?”

Imagine not having a voice in your head. How are you gonna do rubber duck debugging within your head? [VIDEO]

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@cantor_S_drug2025 · in “I do not remember my life and it's fine”

I have one suggestion to make to Marco Giancotti. Please read all of Oliver Sacks books. They will help you clarify your situation a lot due to some case studies he has mentioned in his books. Related : People with no internal monologue [VIDEO] [LINK]

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@hackinthebochs2025 · in “What happens when people don't understand how AI works”

I never miss a chance to reference this video. A woman vividly describes he experience of not having an inner monologue: [VIDEO]

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