I can believe that a very intelligent person (as you clearly are) with aphantasia could excel in logic,statistics,and many other areas of math.But were you as strong in ,say, differential geometry, topology, analysis? These require visualization, indeed,as do many "word problems" in even basic calculus ,and as does Physics. Did you notice any differences along these lines?
Great wordsmith article with “polyptoton” and “antimetabole”. I find I must fight AI’s insertions in order to correctly spell atypical words. Yesterday listened to you on the Cosmos panel and highly recommend it to your readers.
What about audiation (the ability to "imagine" sounds or music)? We can't imagine music because it is not an image. Is hearing "Happy Birthday" in your head (no actual sound) like conjuring up internal pictures - or thinking in language?
I don't want to insert myself here unnecessarily, but I am also aphantasic and as far as I can tell from my research, many with aphantasia also lack an internal monologue (as I do)
Amazing 🧡
Have you ever read Temple Grandin's biography, Thinking in Pictures?
A long time ago...
I can believe that a very intelligent person (as you clearly are) with aphantasia could excel in logic,statistics,and many other areas of math.But were you as strong in ,say, differential geometry, topology, analysis? These require visualization, indeed,as do many "word problems" in even basic calculus ,and as does Physics. Did you notice any differences along these lines?
“Zeman claims normal people spend half their waking hours with wandering minds.” (Whew! Good to know!)
I updated it to make clear he is citing a study -- I'll link to the study...
Great wordsmith article with “polyptoton” and “antimetabole”. I find I must fight AI’s insertions in order to correctly spell atypical words. Yesterday listened to you on the Cosmos panel and highly recommend it to your readers.
What about audiation (the ability to "imagine" sounds or music)? We can't imagine music because it is not an image. Is hearing "Happy Birthday" in your head (no actual sound) like conjuring up internal pictures - or thinking in language?
It would be fascinating to find out if this has any connection to the UNLV studies that found some people lack an interior monologue: https://hurlburt.faculty.unlv.edu/hurlburt-heavey-2018.pdf
I don't want to insert myself here unnecessarily, but I am also aphantasic and as far as I can tell from my research, many with aphantasia also lack an internal monologue (as I do)
Welcome to the club and we're all so different!
This is all so fascinating!