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2026-05-05 22:57 UTC

@retech I know it’s called aphantasia, but I think it’s a really cruel term, as though imagination were only valid if it’s visual. When of course music, dancing, sculpting and all the other arts need it just as much. I was amazed when I first heard Temple Grandin talk about her “Google for images” kind of brain. (And found it interesting that she couldn’t do algebra - a favourite of mine) Would you like me to try and describe what it’s like for me? As you say you’re fascinated by it.

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@retech@corteximplant.com 2026-05-05 23:04

@erdstern Oh yes I would. I actually just learned the term last year. I had a friend point it out to me years ago. He realised I must be able to have full 3D like movies and asked about it. He had a very difficult time talking with me because of the jumping about and seeing those relation connections and not following a strait path. His advice: "There are a lot more of us than of you. We can't ever really understand your POV, but you can at least learn and understand outs. Figure that out now, it will make your life a lot easier." I spent the next year asking everyone I even vaguely knew if they saw in pictures or 3D movies. Very few like me most in that sort of outline image to no image at all.

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