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I’d say this is pretty accurate as someone who considers themselves to have aphantasia. When I remember what apples look like there’s no feeling of reconstructi
by trescenzi 2y ago
I’d say this is pretty accurate as someone who considers themselves to have aphantasia. When I remember what apples look like there’s no feeling of reconstruction. It’s just a list of facts. The idea that reconstruction would even be necessary, or part of, remembering things seems surprising to me.
What it practically means? I have no idea. I’m absolutely worse at remembering things like clothes someone left the house in but that could also just be me paying less attention to things like that.
- Semaphor 2y agoWhen I realized I have aphantasia and told my wife, she said that makes total sense. For example, when imagining how a piece of clothing looks on someone, she can take it, put it on someone, change the color even. All those things sound ridiculous to me.
- jrm4 2y agoI'm using "reconstruction" loosely here. What I'm trying to describe is the process that our brains use to think about ANYTHING and why it's nothing at all like how computers reread a series of ones and zeros.