Do you subvocalize your complex thoughts? To what extent?

Question

First, I'm not discounting the possibility that there may be the rare few that do not subvocalize their thoughts at all. I pose this question from the vacuum of my limited knowledge and experience: I form into words many of my thoughts, but as well can effortlessly, unintentionally perhaps "think" about the music I'm hearing, the sights upon which I'm looking without a single word my mind chooses to attach to the experience, consciously, explicitly at least.

I'm puzzled sometimes when I write: many times, I find myself typing--faster than I think, in words at least. I'm an engineer and I astound myself when I can intuitively solve a problem, seemingly skipping the usual steps in sequential, logical thought through bridges I've created by my intuition. I can "speed-read", but when I read anything of worth, I find myself subvocalizing, drifting across many tangents as I analogize or deconstruct a concept that lies within.

So, how do you think?

Answer 1

i'm much in the same way. i can read over words and still understand the concept of what is being said without knowing what the word means. it's a gift. i too type slower than i think. creates problems when i'm trying to write short stories. sounds like u live in an intellectual state of being. maybe we should talk. i know so few who i can drift philosophically with. it can be lonely here by myself.

Answer 2

I think you just spent the last hour writing this with thesaurus and spell-check.