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Wait, you cannot imagine odors? They are more vivid than images in my head.
by kaybe 6y ago
Wait, you cannot imagine odors? They are more vivid than images in my head.
- lqet 6y agoOh my god :(
- yellowstuff 6y agoYeah, I think I have a relatively poor visual imagination, but when I try to picture a specific object it's probably ~10% as vivid as actually glancing at it. When I try to recall a smell, it's probably more like 20% as vivid as smelling it.
- function_seven 6y agoI love unintentional epiphanies :) I can imagine odors decently. I didn't know this until I just tried it after reading your comment. But yeah, I just imagined what a jasmine bush smells like, my dog's poop, strawberry scent car freshener, baby powder, and distant brush fire. My best guess is that I'm imagining them at something like 30% fidelity, and some are harder than others to synthesize in "my mind's nose" It's not nearly as good as what I can visualize in my mind's eye, so your analogy is still helpful.
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- stephen_g 6y agoWow, I never thought about that, didn't realise that was a thing. I can only so very vaguely imagine what things would smell like that I wonder if I really am at all. Music, sounds and voices have always been the most clear for me (I can think through some of my favourite orchestral pieces with multiple instruments at once), but I've never been as good at visual.
- riffraff 6y agoIt's the same for me. If it's an unaltered condition, it seems at least more common than lack of internal voice or eye :)