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Subject: Re: Visualizing
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 12:00:44 -0700
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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.

I think that is too literal an interpretation.

Or, one should replace "visualize" with "imagine" as a more generic term
as it isn't as literally tied to a visual representation.

One can *imagine* what it's like to be in the elevator when someone *farts*!