my theory: high ne users will most probably “just begin” folding from “somewhere random” and then, because they are very rarely visual thinkers, run out of memory aka patience! their brain annoyed this new “visualise shit” thing “all of a sudden”. no, this brain works with words.

high ni though, i think, first tries to find the right approach? and i got a lot of replies that say “i just see it” and i think what they see was the right approach?  “okay, how do i solve this?” as opposed to “go, go, go begin folding.” and then “aaargh, i forgot where i was.” basically high ne runs out of visual memory.

Visual Images Often Intrude on Verbal Thinking

Human thought generally can be divided into two modes, the visual and the verbal. When you think about your next vacation and imagine sitting under a palm tree and sipping a cold drink, you’re probably thinking visually. If you’re thinking what you’ll say when you make a presentation at work, you’re likely thinking in words and sentences, creating inner speech.

From conversations I’ve had with others, I’ve ascertained that people of all neurotypes think in a variety of ways. Some neurotypicals think exclusively in words. Other think in pictures. Others think in concepts. Most think in a mix of all three. From observation, it seems like neurodivergent people are more likely to think in a specific way rather than a mix of ways. 

This has been such a great, and extensive conversation. This topic has repeatedly spilled over into Brick-space this last couple of weeks.

I think it’s doing a huge mount of good for people to discuss our differences in an curious and non-judgemental way. This opens up a whole new perspective on natural human variation, and resists the entrenched ideas of “Normal”.

as a person who has always done maths verbally (ie. reads 5x2=? as "five times two is equal to what" in their heads), I was always annoyed by how inefficient the system gets when I'm trying to do maths fast, but can't "read" fast enough. So sometimes I try to abbreviate terms so I can think faster:

"=" becomes "is"

"x^5" becomes "x to five"

brackets become "start... end"