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[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Someone could read this and think that you can hallucinate apples but they're grey. The problem with the whole discussion is that

  • some people can actually hallucinate at will
  • some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as rough abstractions for sort of recalling the visual qualities of objects
  • some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as hallucinations other people literally see
  • some people can't remember what a thing looks like if they aren't looking at it

It's very hard to figure out who a given person is, because they're all like "I can see things" and "i can't see things" and it's meaningless

[-] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

some people can actually hallucinate at will

Wait, what? I finished a BS in psychology and they never taught me THAT?! Please, give me readings to devour on this subject.

[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't really know anything about the subject, I've just nailed down these types of discussions and people have claimed in much clearer terms that they actually generate images in their visual field.

It would actually be really interesting and pretty funny if none of that existed at all, and it's literally all just people with the exact same sensory experience thinking everyone else has a totally different brain!

this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023
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