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This is an excellent description, especially the “doesn’t make sense” part. Like ask me to “imagine an apple.” I imagine the platonic idea of an apple and not
by brotchie 2y ago
This is an excellent description, especially the “doesn’t make sense” part. Like ask me to “imagine an apple.”
I imagine the platonic idea of an apple and not a specific apple.
Asking “what color was the apple” is a category error for me!
Just wild how everyone is living such different internal lives.
- Izkata 2y agoThe apple one is apparently one of the standard tests, but for me it's a really bad test. For example, using this scale: https://creativerevolution.io/aphantasia-a-blind-minds-eye/ https://creativerevolution.io/aphantasia-a-blind-minds-eye/ By default I'm like you, roughly a 4 or 5 - a platonic ideal, no actual form, because I don't need to go further for being told that. But if I have any reason to go further, I have no trouble with being around a 1 or 2, depending on the object. A lot of these simple tests don't seem to take into account "default" vs "capable of".