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This seems like people who aren't thinking about the problem at all and don't even think about the mechanical problem. I have no doubt that many of my recollec
by constantcrying 1y ago
This seems like people who aren't thinking about the problem at all and don't even think about the mechanical problem.
I have no doubt that many of my recollections are bad, but I can imagine essentially every detail of a bicycle, all the mechanical components and how they interact.
- jaggederest 1y ago> I can imagine essentially every detail of a bicycle, all the mechanical components and how they interact. As I understand it, this is extremely uncommon, perhaps you might be categorized as hyperphantasia. How's your memory? They're commonly linked attributes, as per the article, some people with hyperphantasia have hsam - highly superior autobiographical memory, apparently from being able to conjure such accurate mental images.
- criddell 1y agoI suspect if you ask the person who did a good job drawing a bicycle to label the parts, they would do well at that too. I could do a decent job a drawing a bicycle and know the names of the parts because I’ve done a lot of the maintenance on my bike so I’m pretty familiar with it mechanically.
- smeej 1y agoPerhaps, but I have hyperphantasia and could easily assemble/visualize a bike in my head without a clue what many of the parts are called. I know the big ones like "handlebars" or "pedals," but I haven't spent more than a few hours on bikes since childhood because of a deformity in my neck that makes my hands go numb in a riding position. In some cases, it very well may be familiarity, but for some of us, it's just memory and visualization.
- jaggederest 1y agoYeah, that's where I'm at - I could take apart a bike mentally but beyond knowing "those are brakes", "that is frame", "those are gears", I have no specific bicycle knowledge.