Most people don't know what a thought is, says aphantasia thread observer
justalexoki · x · 2026-11-06
An observation about self-reported cognition: whenever internal monologue comes up, people who claim to have none end up describing one in detail; whenever aphantasia comes up, self-described aphantasics describe imagining things. The author concludes most people simply don't know what a thought is — introspective self-reports about our own minds are widely unreliable.
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