Worth considering, I believe, is that many people do not have an inner voice.
For those of us who have conversations with ourselves, who can explore our consciousness throug dialog, it is easy to assume that all humans can do this.
Many cannot.
Many have no internal voice.
I find many folks are asking "where does my internal voice come from," and yet many conscious individuals lack it. "I think, therefor I am" has a different meaning when that question cannot be asked through internal monologue.
For myself, the concept that consciousness is an emergent and mechanical outcome became easier to accept after considering consciousness without monologue.
For those of us who have conversations with ourselves, who can explore our consciousness throug dialog, it is easy to assume that all humans can do this.
Many cannot.
Many have no internal voice.
I find many folks are asking "where does my internal voice come from," and yet many conscious individuals lack it. "I think, therefor I am" has a different meaning when that question cannot be asked through internal monologue.
For myself, the concept that consciousness is an emergent and mechanical outcome became easier to accept after considering consciousness without monologue.