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Not sure if science or joke I don’t get :(

Akronymus 5y ago
You may the following illuminating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia https://old.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsGmhAjjjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsGmhAjjjI
- pigbearpig 5y ago
  How is that illuminating? You're linking to Wikipedia, Reddit, and YouTube for a medical condition? Please.
SavantIdiot 5y ago
Hmm, no wikipedia page for "ganzflicker", and 90% of the google hits are dubious websites. However, I will be trying this tonight because I loves me a good hallucination and if it can be done by sitting in a dark room staring at a flickering screen for 10 minutes, it sure beats acid.
- nitemice 5y ago
  If you click through to the experiment, they say that it's actually called '"Ganzfeld imagery" (Allefeld et al., 2011; Sumich et al., 2018)'. Searching for that led me to this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect
- SavantIdiot 5y ago
  Follow up: no hallucinations but I was nauseous for an hour afterwards.
samkater 5y ago
I don’t follow the research here but I was pretty sure it was a joke at first because after the initial quote (preceded by the statement “ Consider the statements below. What do they describe? A trip on psychedelics? A dream?”): > I felt I could reach through the screen to get to another place. Lasers became entire fans of light sweeping around, and then it felt as if the screen began to expand. I saw old stone buildings … like a castle … I was flying above it. I was presented with 3 options, a Dodge Ram, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and some other truck. I was trying really hard to figure out what the statement had to do with vehicles until I scrolled down (on mobile) more to realize it was a poorly placed advertisement. Not sure why the internet thinks I want to buy a truck, but I imagine there could have been even more hilarious things that could have fit the context better.
pigbearpig 5y ago
I'm with you, sorry, I don't believe you can see shit in a flashing screen. Aphantasia seems like a popular self-diagnosis.
prower 5y ago
It would be fun if this ends up being just a test of how suggestible or easily influenced people are.

You may the following illuminating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia https://old.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsGmhAjjjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsGmhAjjjI

pigbearpig 5y ago
How is that illuminating? You're linking to Wikipedia, Reddit, and YouTube for a medical condition? Please.

SavantIdiot 5y ago

Hmm, no wikipedia page for "ganzflicker", and 90% of the google hits are dubious websites. However, I will be trying this tonight because I loves me a good hallucination and if it can be done by sitting in a dark room staring at a flickering screen for 10 minutes, it sure beats acid.

nitemice 5y ago
If you click through to the experiment, they say that it's actually called '"Ganzfeld imagery" (Allefeld et al., 2011; Sumich et al., 2018)'. Searching for that led me to this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect
SavantIdiot 5y ago
Follow up: no hallucinations but I was nauseous for an hour afterwards.

samkater 5y ago

I don’t follow the research here but I was pretty sure it was a joke at first because after the initial quote (preceded by the statement “ Consider the statements below. What do they describe? A trip on psychedelics? A dream?”): > I felt I could reach through the screen to get to another place. Lasers became entire fans of light sweeping around, and then it felt as if the screen began to expand. I saw old stone buildings … like a castle … I was flying above it. I was presented with 3 options, a Dodge Ram, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and some other truck. I was trying really hard to figure out what the statement had to do with vehicles until I scrolled down (on mobile) more to realize it was a poorly placed advertisement. Not sure why the internet thinks I want to buy a truck, but I imagine there could have been even more hilarious things that could have fit the context better.

pigbearpig 5y ago

I'm with you, sorry, I don't believe you can see shit in a flashing screen. Aphantasia seems like a popular self-diagnosis.

prower 5y ago

It would be fun if this ends up being just a test of how suggestible or easily influenced people are.