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The point is not that it's superior to your experience. The point is that you saying "you can't do it either" is so obviously false. We know what we experience.
by Kiro 5y ago
The point is not that it's superior to your experience. The point is that you saying "you can't do it either" is so obviously false. We know what we experience. Someone telling me I can't see images in my head is like someone telling me I'm blind.
With that said, I actually can't phantom how I would function without mental imagery. How do you recognize things? How do memories play out in your head? How do you even know where to put "two wheels, pedals and handlebars" in your drawing if you can't visualize it? It feels like I would be completely handicapped and not far from being blind for real or having amnesia. However, I presume you're a functioning individual so I guess I'm equally surprised but from the other end.
- spacedcowboy 5y agoI don’t think either is superior, but I do think they have different advantages. Here’s my take on my lack of a mind’s eye, from above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29370518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29370518 Recognition via rules and properties works just as well as visual recognition. What you and I essentially have are two different algebras for the same underlying knowledge. The towers we build on top of those foundations will be fairly similar, even if the coding is different at the lowest levels.