Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this.

chunes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Either that or aphantasia, a well documented phenomena, is a thing.

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  • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    People aren’t good at describing their own thoughts.

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    • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Riiight, but like, I can make some shit up about a fancy ass apple “The surface is mostly red, mottled with splotches of not yet ripe green. It’s waxed, shiny skin reflects rays of a nearby lightsource behind me. There’s a slight bumpiness to it, almost like goosebumps, but not as pronounced. My mouth is watering.”

      Meanwhile, if I try to picture an apple I actually don’t see shit because I have aphantasia, so…

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      • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        i definitely believe you

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• tomi000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How ignorant do you have to be to believe people cant accurately describe not having actual images in their mind.

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  • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    How unobservant do you have to be to see that people are talking past each other on this subject?

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    • tomi000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Except they arent. There are multiple clinical studies on this.

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