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  • I’m convinced that most cases of aphantasia are just a result of the difficulty in commutating the experience of visualizing something.

    To me, “seeing” something in my mind’s eye isn’t really similar to actual visual perception. I can imagine an apple and rotate it in my mind but I would describe this as more of an exercise in understanding what that would look like. I can “see” the stem, the striations of color, the shape, the imperfections move as the apple rotates. However, I do not actually visually perceive the apple as if it were a physical object reflecting photons into my eyes, stimulating my retina and causing the conscious perception of the apple. I think this is likely true for others.

    If people could actually visually perceive or mentally project whatever they’re imagining into their actual vision, then I believe people would be much better at drawing. You could just imagine this vivid image on the paper and essentially trace it.

    I’ve heard the counter argument that this isn’t the way drawing works. I still think that most people draw poorly because of the way that your mind’s eye works, and not because of the way that drawing works. When they put pencil to paper, the truth about the inadequacy of their visual concept becomes apparent. Their mind was tricking them into thinking they held a complex visual idea but really, it was a vague conception.

    I’m convinced that holding something in your mind’s is far closer to “understanding” than it is to “seeing”.


  • My guess is that it’s about how many of us are complicit in our horrific criminal justice system. Casual things, like people laughing at the suggestion of prison rape being retribution rather than recoiling in horror at the suggestion.

    There was a homeless guy sleeping in the parking area of my apartments and everyone I mentioned it to suggested that I call the cops. I went and asked the guy if he was alright. We said a total of like 10 words but he was just some 30ish year old dude looking for a little temporary shelter. Do you really need to call the cops to fuck his shit up even more?



  • I think part of the answer is transient bottlenecks and a backward propagation of the traffic waves they create. They’re caused when a large number of cars merge onto the freeway at an onramp, slowing down the right two lanes; when some jerk cuts someone off, causing a momentary slowdown; when there’s something interesting on the side of the road that people decelerate slightly to look at. Of course, actual bottlenecks obviously cause a backup as well.








  • Atticus seemed to be saying that corporations already know everything about you because of your phone and that people are silly to try to protect their privacy, implying that these people are boring and really have nothing worth keeping private.

    I was trying to illustrate that people should and actually do value their privacy, and that they should continue to take measures to protect it.

    You come in with - bruh, have you ever heard of a phone book?

    The info you shared was not interesting and only served to convey your lack of critical thinking ability.