Even after reading the article, this comment completely blew my mind. I knew intellectually that some people might have eidetic imagery, but didn’t emotionally believe that people’s visual imagination could really feel as vivid as life.
Unlike sounds, which obviously can be imagined as exactly as when you hear them.
Does this Futurama joke work for you? Do you get songs stuck in your head? I’m expecting a “yes”, but am prepared to be shocked.
...wait, actually that well? If someone starts speaking a foreign language to you, can you accurately remember the sounds? For me, it seems like my mind is doing some compression under the hood, making me much better at remembering English.
Even after reading the article, this comment completely blew my mind. I knew intellectually that some people might have eidetic imagery, but didn’t emotionally believe that people’s visual imagination could really feel as vivid as life.
Unlike sounds, which obviously can be imagined as exactly as when you hear them.
Does this Futurama joke work for you? Do you get songs stuck in your head? I’m expecting a “yes”, but am prepared to be shocked.
...wait, actually that well? If someone starts speaking a foreign language to you, can you accurately remember the sounds? For me, it seems like my mind is doing some compression under the hood, making me much better at remembering English.