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Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 01/12/2023 (self.newzealand)
submitted 1 year ago by absGeekNZ to c/newzealand
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Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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[–] absGeekNZ 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I have aphantasia this is a good test.

My aphantasia is total, no visual/audio/taste/emotional sensation in my memory.

As for re-reading books, there are a few, Discworld being #1.

[–] luthis 2 points 1 year ago

I got...

Hyperphantasia A unique thinking style characterized by an extraordinary ability to visualize, enabling a vivid and immersive inner world.

I can pretty clearly create images in my mind, but I just learned I really suck at doing people. Lake with mountains and trees? Well, what kind of trees? Little ripples in the wind or small waves? Snowy or rocky mountains? Easy as. My sister's face whom I just saw? ... uh... kinda?

[–] Dave 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My issue with tests like this is I'm asked to describe the image, but I do not know which of the options is correct. I can't say I can see a dim and flat image. I don't really "see" anything, but I kind of "know" the image. How does this compare to the normal experience? I have no way of knowing, so I have trouble putting myself on that scale.

I know it says that you only "know" you are thinking of the object, but it also says no image. I kind of "know" the image, in colour, but can't actually see it. It's so incredibly hard to describe!

When it starts asking about walking around and stuff, no, not even close to that.

[–] absGeekNZ 2 points 1 year ago

My way of explaining this is; I know what an apple looks like but can't see it. I can rotate a block in my head but without an image. It is like there is an image but with a big black sheet in front, if the sheet were moved I'd see the image.