Re: Visualizing

On 9/6/2024 12:11 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:

"Don Y" <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote in message news:vbfjh5$tlhp$5@dont-email.me...

On 9/6/2024 11:56 AM, Edward Rawde wrote:

I think the issue there is what it means to visualize.
I can temporarily replace the image of this computer screen with an image of an apple on a plate.
I can even make the apple lift off the plate if I want.
Obviously none of this is happening in front of me.
There has been no change in what's in front of me and what's in front of me is still being processed (you might say
unconsciously).
I know this because I know I can safely drive a car while imagining floating apples.

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I think that is too literal an interpretation.
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Or, one should replace "visualize" with "imagine" as a more generic term
as it isn't as literally tied to a visual representation.
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One can *imagine* what it's like to be in the elevator when someone *farts*!
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 So perhaps some people have no imagination.
 I find it hard to believe that that can be literally true but maybe it can for some people.

I suspect one can't really *learn* without an imagination.
You need to be able to extrapolate exemplars to more general
cases in order to know how to deal with situations that
you've not previously encountered.
"I've never *opened* a can of evaporated milk before!"
"It's just like a can of corn except the contents differ!"
Imagine encountering a pull tab on a can of soda for the
first time.  "Gee, what's THIS thing do?"  (what the hell
do you THINK it *might* do??!)
Or, the "push-button" tops on a can of Coors...