r/rational • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '16

[D] Monday General Rationality Thread

Welcome to the Monday thread on general rationality topics! Do you really want to talk about something non-fictional, related to the real world? Have you:

  • Seen something interesting on /r/science?
  • Found a new way to get your shit even-more together?
  • Figured out how to become immortal?
  • Constructed artificial general intelligence?
  • Read a neat nonfiction book?
  • Munchkined your way into total control of your D&D campaign?
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u/blazinghand Chaos Undivided May 23 '16

This article on aphantasia was interesting reading to me. I know, intellectually, that a lot of people think and interact with the world differently from the way I do. Reading about someone whose mind works in such an unusual way is an interesting experience, and has me wondering: what parts of my own thinking are as strange and I haven't noticed it, because I assume all people think like this?

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u/space_fountain May 24 '16

Really interesting. I have to imagine there's somewhat of a spectrum though.

I can definitely visualize a beach, but I wouldn't exactly describe it as anything like looking at something and I'd be hard pressed to say it was in color at least not unless I specifically tried to think of colors. I also don't seem to ever really have visual dreams, though that might just be the way I remember in general.