Why do we have an internal monologue?

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What is it for?

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Insightful, I've found that most people change their answers at least slightly after having time to observe their thoughts for a while, we are geniuses at believing our own conjectures.

I'd say I can't actively observe a thought without my internal monologue in some way narrating it or articulating what's going on. Frankly that's the reason I have difficulty understanding what it's like for someone without internal monologue.

I’ve been able to observe myself stringing ideas together in a complicated way before actual words can land. The other day this happened and I considered stopping to put words to my thought and decided to just let it go and move on.