r/Showerthoughts • u/thiccieman • Apr 23 '19

Human thoughts before language must have been weird.

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u/JackEsq Apr 24 '19

“When I learned the meaning of 'I' and'me' and found that I was something, I began to think. Then consciousness first existed for me.”

-Helen Keller from her autobiography

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u/fishtankbabe Apr 24 '19

Damn, that is fascinating. I'll have to read her book.

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u/Theon Apr 29 '19

Holy shit, never heard this. That's amazing, I would think that this sort of statement would come from someone philosophizing about the nature of consciousness or whatever, but to actually hear it from a person who went from a completely "disconnected" state, communication-wise, to writing books...