There are people who can't visualize things mentally? Are they surprised by the brand new Vista every time they turn a corner? How would one recognize things without it being written down?

[+] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Someone could read this and think that you can hallucinate apples but they're grey. The problem with the whole discussion is that

some people can actually hallucinate at will
some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as rough abstractions for sort of recalling the visual qualities of objects
some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as hallucinations other people literally see
some people can't remember what a thing looks like if they aren't looking at it

It's very hard to figure out who a given person is, because they're all like "I can see things" and "i can't see things" and it's meaningless

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

some people can actually hallucinate at will

Wait, what? I finished a BS in psychology and they never taught me THAT?! Please, give me readings to devour on this subject.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't really know anything about the subject, I've just nailed down these types of discussions and people have claimed in much clearer terms that they actually generate images in their visual field.

It would actually be really interesting and pretty funny if none of that existed at all, and it's literally all just people with the exact same sensory experience thinking everyone else has a totally different brain!