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[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love asking people about this. Both whether they have an inner monologue or whether they're able to visualize things. It's always fascinated me. It's something we take for granted. I have an inner monologue I can't turn off, and I'm definitely a 2 or 1 depending on how tired I am. Being a 5 on this scale is called "aphantasia"

[-] commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

One of the smartest people I know and one of my best friends has aphantasia and no voice in his head, but got perfect scores on calculus and engineering exams, even those for which I had to visualize the forms and calculate based on that. Like multivariable calculus is all about 3D and eventually all other D shit and he got perfect scores with no concept of imagining the shapes. We discuss this a lot generally, because he still works in a research field that I can only grasp visually and he has absolutely no ability to do so but understands it better. He also reads so fuckin fast because he doesn't have to wait for the voice

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

He also reads so fuckin fast because he doesn't have to wait for the voice

Yes, this shows how important neurodiversity is to human kind. People who are seeing this as a disability are missing the upsides.

[-] commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed. There are very real upsides to both of these phenomenon, like abstract thinking can be much easier if you don't do the initial translation to words/images before understanding your thoughts. I for one need the images or a language to organize myself, but sometimes that's a limitation. Brains are really cool dawg