But it does mean they thought about at least as much as they verbalised.
Slightly difficult to disentangle is that they might be using the verbalisation as a way to explore depth, rubber-duck style, in a way that they wouldn't over the board.
Slightly difficult to disentangle is that they might be using the verbalisation as a way to explore depth, rubber-duck style, in a way that they wouldn't over the board.