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Those of us with aphantasia[0] might disagree with that. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

• fsckboy 5y ago
  Interesting! moving further tangentially related, I wonder what the condition I have is called? I read the Assessment section of that aphantasia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia#Assessment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia#Assessment [1] and recalled that my brain has another condition, the inability to self-assess on a numeric scale. There are lots of interesting tests online, personality assessment, etc. and I can't complete them. I get 1/4 of the way in and suddenly the scales seem completely arbitrary and I have no way of deciding where I fall. [1] just a meta footnote to say, aren't HN footnotes dumb, and isn't pasting the link right into the prose a less fussy way to make references?
  • LordGrey 5y ago
    > I get 1/4 of the way in and suddenly the scales seem completely arbitrary and I have no way of deciding where I fall. That sounds a bit like Semantic Satiation, where words (usually when repeated) suddenly stop making sense. I have no actual information about that; your description simply reminded me of it. Discovering I had aphantasia so late in life -- I'm 56 -- just reinforced the knowledge that everyone is wired differently and therefore approaches Life from different directions. I knew that, intellectually, but it was still kind of a slap in the face. [2] [2] No reason for the footnote. I'm just trying to fit in around here. Maybe if I had multiple footnotes it would make more sense....