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I try to think about this sometimes but very quickly lose track with what I am or am not doing under the banner of “visualization” I mean it’s not literally like seeing of course and then train of thought loses the plot
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Do you mean to tell me that most people can literally have at will the brain state that is otherwise produced involuntarily by seeing (presumably) real objects out in the world ?
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there are (at least) two different “spaces” at play i think. psychedelic visuals are happening in my “actual visual field.” the rest of the time when i say i’m visualizing something it’s in my “mind’s eye.” like the diff between hallucinating vs. remembering a song twitter.com/_holyweather/s…
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Doesn't seem like this is stuff you can sort out through casual introspection and twitter chats and informal undefined terms like "visual field" the "visual feed" is a deep stack of neural layers starting with retinal cells that can be pwned at any level, not a cartesian theater
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That's not how it works for me, at least? It can be superimposed on the visual field with effort, but it's very distinct and couldn't be confused for visual input. (Admittedly, "normie" does not otherwise describe me, so take this with a grain of salt.)
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