[pdonis]

> I'm not fully convinced that consciousness isn't built out of words

Richard Feynman told of a time when he made the claim that every conscious experience came down to words--basically that you talk to yourself to describe your conscious experiences--and the person he made the claim to, John Tukey, responded as follows:

Tukey: "Do you know the crazy shape of a crankshaft in a car engine?"

Feynman: "Yes, of course."

Tukey: "What words did you use to describe it when you talked to yourself?"

Feynman could not answer, and this made him realize that not all conscious experiences come down to words.