Re: Visualizing

On a sunny day (Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:53:46 -0700) it happened john larkin
<jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <6u4mdjt3d32biaavd02a2cfebsgtd5kapa@4ax.com>:

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I was driving and listening to the local mostly-annoying NPR radio
station, but they had an interesting interview with a book author. It
was about his novel or some poetry or something.
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What was interesting was his recalling a conversation that he'd had
with his wife. She was takling about a plant or something and asked
him to visualize it. He was astounded that she, or anyone, could close
their eyes and *see* something they were thinking about.
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I was shocked to learn that there are people who can't form a mental
visual image.
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Close your eyes and consider a nice white ceramic dinner plate with a
beautiful deep red apple sitting in the center. Can you see it? From
the side and from the top? Do you see the stem? The colors? Imagine it
slowly rotating? See the fruit fly?

Sure on problem, on my table there also is a small glass jar with some apple juice and a foil top with small holes
and many insects caught in it:
 https://www.countryliving.com/home-maintenance/cleaning/a45085435/fruit-fly-traps-indoors-diy/

If the world is divided between people who can visualise and people
who can't, that could explain a great deal.

There was an interesting program on teefee here where electrodes were put in patients brains
to suppress depression.
Experimental, live feedback with a shrink using a remote to adjust..
Maybe one could create hallucinations and images too with electrodes,
is not Musk working on some brain electrodes thing too?
I think most these days go for drugs.. LSD, what not.
But that is also as old as humanity consuming special plants...

Anyways  teefee and internet fish-you-all-ice a lot