▲ 212 ▼ Head empty. No apple. (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago by Posadas@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net 241 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://nitter.net/johngreen/status/1708515024275189884
[+] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Someone could read this and think that you can hallucinate apples but they're grey. The problem with the whole discussion is that some people can actually hallucinate at will some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as rough abstractions for sort of recalling the visual qualities of objects some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as hallucinations other people literally see some people can't remember what a thing looks like if they aren't looking at it It's very hard to figure out who a given person is, because they're all like "I can see things" and "i can't see things" and it's meaningless permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* I agree with that, it's just that this discussion has been drawn out probably thousands of times without people becoming more deliberate about what they mean, and because of that, the vast majority of people leave this type of discussion knowing less than they did when they started permalink fedilink source parent [–] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) some people can actually hallucinate at will Wait, what? I finished a BS in psychology and they never taught me THAT?! Please, give me readings to devour on this subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* I don't really know anything about the subject, I've just nailed down these types of discussions and people have claimed in much clearer terms that they actually generate images in their visual field. It would actually be really interesting and pretty funny if none of that existed at all, and it's literally all just people with the exact same sensory experience thinking everyone else has a totally different brain! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Someone could read this and think that you can hallucinate apples but they're grey. The problem with the whole discussion is that some people can actually hallucinate at will some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as rough abstractions for sort of recalling the visual qualities of objects some people can't hallucinate, and interpret the images as hallucinations other people literally see some people can't remember what a thing looks like if they aren't looking at it It's very hard to figure out who a given person is, because they're all like "I can see things" and "i can't see things" and it's meaningless permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* I agree with that, it's just that this discussion has been drawn out probably thousands of times without people becoming more deliberate about what they mean, and because of that, the vast majority of people leave this type of discussion knowing less than they did when they started permalink fedilink source parent [–] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) some people can actually hallucinate at will Wait, what? I finished a BS in psychology and they never taught me THAT?! Please, give me readings to devour on this subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* I don't really know anything about the subject, I've just nailed down these types of discussions and people have claimed in much clearer terms that they actually generate images in their visual field. It would actually be really interesting and pretty funny if none of that existed at all, and it's literally all just people with the exact same sensory experience thinking everyone else has a totally different brain! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* I agree with that, it's just that this discussion has been drawn out probably thousands of times without people becoming more deliberate about what they mean, and because of that, the vast majority of people leave this type of discussion knowing less than they did when they started permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* I agree with that, it's just that this discussion has been drawn out probably thousands of times without people becoming more deliberate about what they mean, and because of that, the vast majority of people leave this type of discussion knowing less than they did when they started permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) some people can actually hallucinate at will Wait, what? I finished a BS in psychology and they never taught me THAT?! Please, give me readings to devour on this subject. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SerLava@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* I don't really know anything about the subject, I've just nailed down these types of discussions and people have claimed in much clearer terms that they actually generate images in their visual field. It would actually be really interesting and pretty funny if none of that existed at all, and it's literally all just people with the exact same sensory experience thinking everyone else has a totally different brain! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* I don't really know anything about the subject, I've just nailed down these types of discussions and people have claimed in much clearer terms that they actually generate images in their visual field. It would actually be really interesting and pretty funny if none of that existed at all, and it's literally all just people with the exact same sensory experience thinking everyone else has a totally different brain! permalink fedilink source parent
