mcc[Poll]
Are you capable of forming imaginary images, and seeing them clearly in your "mind's eye"?
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ๆ@mcc@mastodon.social I like that the first person to respond to this poll (me) identifies as aphantasic.
mcc@alan@mindly.social Aphantasia turns out to be pretty common! Given that it's odd the degree to which it is not discussed, or at least I didn't encounter it being widely discussed until fairly recently.
Alan Langford ๐จ๐ฆ๐งค๐งๆ@mcc@mastodon.social It wasn't until maybe five years ago that I discovered that for some people "mind's eye" was some kind of literal visual thing! I always thought it was metaphorical.
zarel@alan@mindly.social @mcc@mastodon.social "relax, imagine being on a beach"... Should I be relaxed? This thing doesn't work
Alan Langford ๐จ๐ฆ๐งค๐งๆ@zarel@mas.to @mcc@mastodon.social I am dumbfounded to learn that when you say "imagine a purple elephant", most people can see a purple elephant. What??