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Originally Posted By: Avy... which brings to mind the question whether one thinks in a language or in electric impulses. If language, then my thoughts in Tamil would not be understood by the Gorgonzolas who think in Gorgozolian.
Just my own unsupported thoughts on the matter: I think we think in electric impulses over which we lay our understanding of reality as represented by our language. I guess this means in the Tamil/Gorgonzolian example (or any translingual example) that the communication could be very easily misunderstood completely.
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