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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 1 Jul 2019
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    Individuals with aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, are shocked and dismayed when they get their head around the fact that they are lacking a faculty that others have. https://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-shock-of-unknown-in-aphantasia.html …pic.twitter.com/MiM3zeMBjI

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      1. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 2 Jul 2019
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        The images we summon up in our mind's eye are not authentic, vivid pictures, but more like the shadows of the real world cast on Plato's cave. https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30754191/SelfUcs-100923b.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DSelf-Ignorance.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A%2F20190702%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20190702T083042Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=7fc1f3821284bc05255bc10efbaab590ff2bf1588b306f98542cecdaba565ebe …pic.twitter.com/kyfY3HU93M

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      2. (Indistinct Chatter)‏ @King_Kazama_ 1 Jul 2019
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        “Tyranny of the Phantasiacs” is a great phrase

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      3. Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 1 Jul 2019
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        I suspect that many people with aphantasia overestimate the vividness of the mental images of the Phantasiacs.

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      2. hornswroggle‏ @hornswroggle1 2 Jul 2019
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        Wow... that's... interesting. Can people with this "disorder" dream? Because dreams are nothing else but conjured up imagery based on visual memory. How do people recall memories and orientate themselves without the mental "reference"? Sounds similar to "facial blindness"...

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      3. Inquisitive Bird‏ @Scientific_Bird 2 Jul 2019
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        I cannot deliberately create mental images, even slightly. But I do dream (sometimes, not that commonly). I don't "know" if I have aphantasia, but I definitely do not understand what people mean by having mental images, because I can do nothing of the sort.

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      2. Steve Sailer‏ @Steve_Sailer Feb 6
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        Psychologist Leon Kamin, co-author of "Not In Our Genes," had no capacity for mental imagery and didn't really believe anybody else did it either. He thought it was all hoopla. But, Kamin did have kabbala savant-level mental skills involving letters and numbers.

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        Somewhat related. https://twitter.com/chol_chuluuntar/status/1225429954978033669?s=21 … https://twitter.com/Chol_Chuluuntar/status/1225429954978033669 …

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      1. Fun and Games‏ @wwells668 1 Jul 2019
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        I find my mind's eye visual ability is very unstable and full of mistakes, static and possibly feedback. Fantasy is created from emotion which in turn is created from fantasy..A feedback loop. Synthesia seems wishful thinking if you ask me. We all mostly the same. The collective.

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      2. Karl Smith‏Verified account @karlbykarlsmith 2 Jul 2019
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        Mine is very weak Like flashes, mostly in black and white. I cant hold an actual image but for a split second. But, I can *know* whats in that image even when I can't see it. Not sure how that compares but guided meditation suggests orher people can do more lasting images.

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