Conceptual thinking

Conceptual thinking can be described as an alteration in the primary content of one's internal thought stream. This alteration results in the ability to think thoughts which are no longer primarily comprised of linguistic words and linear sentence structures. Instead one's thoughts become simultaneously comprised of what feels to be the internally stored concepts which words exist to label.

For example, if one were to think the word "Internet" during this state, they would not just hear the word as part of their thought stream, but would also feel in a comprehensive level of detail the internally stored, non-linguistic and innately readable data, code and information which comprises the specific concept labelled within one's memory as "Internet."

During this experience, conceptual thinking allows one to feel not just the entirety of a concept's attributed data in the form of pure information, but also how these concepts relate with and depend upon all other known concepts. This results in one feeling as if they can better comprehend the precise consequences, and limitations of any singular concept which they happen to be currently contemplating.

The experience of this effect is commonly interpreted by those who undergo it as a "higher level of understanding". This is likely because it results in the perceived ability of being able to contemplate ideas in a level of detail and insight that is unparalleled within the primarily linguistic thought structure of everyday life. This suggests that human language may well be intrinsically self-limited through the way in which words can only act as mere shortcuts to the concepts which they exist to describe.

Psychoactive substances

Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:

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Conceptual thinking

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