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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Visualizing
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 06:58:54 GMT
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On a sunny day (Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:53:46 -0700) it happened john larkin
<jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <6u4mdjt3d32biaavd02a2cfebsgtd5kapa@4ax.com>:

>
>
>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.
>
>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. 
>
>I was shocked to learn that there are people who can't form a mental
>visual image.
>
>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