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Even designers who can visualize report different representations and experiences: https://aphantasia.com/article/strategies/visualizing-the-in...


There's research that people with aphantasia are over-represented in STEM fields: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/people-with-aphantasia-are...


Thanks for sharing that link.

It's risky business to infer anything from job preferences though. Consider that (as far as I know) an extraordinarily large proportion of professional programmers are male -- obviously a cultural phenomenon. We certainly cannot infer that a talent for programming is located on the y-chromosome.

Edit after reading the paper associated with that link:

> Our aphantasic and hyperphantasic samples were opportunistic, in the sense that our participants had approached us spontaneously following publicity triggered by our original publication

This suggests that many of the participants actually read scientific publications (or reporting thereof). That's an obviously biased set of people who indeed are way more likely to work in STEM (and have an abundance of time to spend browsing the web), rather than as hairdressers.


The problem is asking people to close their eyes. Most visualizers don't need to close their eyes to visualize, and many state that they can visualize even better with them open. Everyone sees some form of black/Eigengrau when they close their eyes.


A good introduction to aphantasia (I'm a total, multi-sensory aphant): https://aphantasia.com/guide/



The accuracy of that story was vigorously denied by people in a position to know: https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1712140497127342404


What do you let mean? Guard let case sometimes I do too else no I don't.


Spatial is a free macOS command-line tool to process MV-HEVC video files. It exports from MV-HEVC files to common stereoscopic formats (like over/under, side-by-side, and separate left- and right-eye videos) that can be used with standard stereo/3D players and video editors. It can also make MV-HEVC video from the same stereoscopic formats. Enjoy!



I'm also a person with total aphantasia (no voluntary mental imagery). For anyone that's curious: https://aphantasia.com/guide/



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