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I only actually realized the "writing is thinking" since ChatGPT became a thing.

Sometimes I try very hard to describe my problem to ChatGPT. Then... I don't even press send, since in the process of describing my problem I've garnered enough "thought points" to solve the problem myself.

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I do the same when having to formulate an email to ask a colleague a question.

In the writing of the question I realise I know parts of the answer and can actually ask a more specific question covering the gaps of the answers I worked out.

much like a rubberduck

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

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