The comic uses “consciousness” to mean the single consistent stream of consciousness in your mind. You can choose to verbalize it, but it happens whether you want it or not. And it’s very closely related to the language center, even for people who don’t subvocalize. It also isn’t very involved in reasoning and logic etc (though obviously it helps a lot with memory and involving others in your reasoning) https://youtu.be/_TYuTid9a6k
Telepaths maybe would need to be selective in what they share, but not consciously so.
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The comic uses “consciousness” to mean the single consistent stream of consciousness in your mind. You can choose to verbalize it, but it happens whether you want it or not. And it’s very closely related to the language center, even for people who don’t subvocalize. It also isn’t very involved in reasoning and logic etc (though obviously it helps a lot with memory and involving others in your reasoning) https://youtu.be/_TYuTid9a6k
Telepaths maybe would need to be selective in what they share, but not consciously so.