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I have trouble with the opposite. Can you not imagine something ahead of time? For example, can't you picture yourself on your commute home? Like if a camera w

• k__ 8y ago
  You don't have to visualize something to "think" it. I can plan my whole day perfectly without getting one image in my mind. Thinking visually is simply too slow, so I only do it when I consciously try it.
  • pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    Is this one of those things like how some people read by speaking to themselves in their head, but you can read without doing the speaking part. Some people create the imagery, others have a meta-view of the situation?
    • k__ 8y ago
      I think so, yes. But I wouldn't call it meta. I'm not smarter or have more overview than other people. It's more like a different datatype, one that can't be definied by my external senses. It feels like some amorph entity that just carries meaning.
  • gfiorav 8y ago
    I can see how thinking visually can be inefficient... I guess having this condition is a "gift" in cretain ways
• vidarh 8y ago
  Think about blind people. They can still know where things are, and project forward in time that if X, Y will likely happen. Neither spatial reasoning or causal reasoning are tied to visualisation. That's what it's like for me to think both about the past and the future. I can't even imagine why you'd need to visualise something to knowing where it is - it's such a total foreign idea to me.
  • gfiorav 8y ago
    Good point