You say “apple” to me and I’m #1, glossy skin, insides, all that

And how in the hell does one navigate life, or enjoy a book, if they’re not a #1?! Reading a book is like watching a movie. I subconsciously assign actor’s faces to characters and watch as the book rolls on.

Yet #5’s are not handicapped in the slightest. They’re so “normal” that mankind is just now figuring out we’re far apart on this thing. Fucking weird.

EDIT: Showed this to my wife and she was somewhat mystified as to what I was asking. Pretty sure she’s a 5. I get frustrated as hell when I ask her to describe a thing and she’s clueless. “Did the radiator hose pop off, or is it torn and cracked?” “I don’t know!”

EDIT2: The first Star Wars book after the movie came out was Splinter in the Mind’s Eye. I feel like I got that title. What’s it mean to you?

  • oneser@lemmy.zip
    8·
    11 days ago

    For individual objects it is difficult to impossible for me to create the exact image.

    For directions however, I can do a visual “fly” over the roads which I believe I should be going down, to make sure I’m going the right place. The roads are clear images, but not to the same effect of watching a video of someone driving along said roads.

    I’m coming to think there is a lot more nuance to this than the 5 images let on.

    • [object Object]@lemmy.world
      3·
      11 days ago

      I’m coming to think there is a lot more nuance to this than the 5 images let on.

      It’s just that spatial skills are separate from the visualization ability, and are judged separately. I’ve been told even that people with aphantasia can do the ‘memory palace’ mnemonic technique, though I can’t quite see how.