I kept sharing that '1 in 4 people have no inner voice' thing until a speech therapist friend read it out loud to me

Sam Martinez · 2026-11-12T22:25:04.924398+00:00

I posted it twice in one month because it sounded wild, and she pointed out the actual study counted people who just don't talk to themselves during tasks, not people with no inner voice at all. Now I read the methods section before I share anything with a stat in it, which takes about 2 minutes. What's the worst stats headline you've passed along before checking the source?

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