Poll: Can you visualize details with your eyes closed?
There is a condition called "Aphantasia" [0]. People with this condition don't have a "mind's eye". This condition appears to have some correlation with folks with "nerdy" aptitudes, math, CS, etc.
When I first heard of this condition, I thought, "Wait, what? Are you telling me that when people say they see something in their 'mind's eye' they mean they really see it? I thought that was just a figure of speech for thinking about the thing."
I'm curious what people on HN experience when thinking about a real-world object.
Specifically, if I ask you to close your eyes and think of an elephant's head, do you:
When I first heard of this condition, I thought, "Wait, what? Are you telling me that when people say they see something in their 'mind's eye' they mean they really see it? I thought that was just a figure of speech for thinking about the thing."
I'm curious what people on HN experience when thinking about a real-world object.
Specifically, if I ask you to close your eyes and think of an elephant's head, do you:
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia