sludgepuddle comments on Can you enter the Matrix? The deliberate simulation of sensory input. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sludgepuddle 02 October 2010 07:23:24AM 0 points [-]

I am extremely poor at visualization, can't even picture a line or a circle (I just tried it) and I don't remember images from my dreams. Strangely, when I was a child, I was sometimes able to visualize, but only with extreme effort. More recently, I have experienced what I would call "brain movies", involuntary realistic visualizations, under the influence of opiates.

It seems I am fundamentally capable of visual thinking, but my brain is just not in the habit, though I wouldn't mind being able to summon the ability. It sounds kinda cool.

Comment author: erratio 02 October 2010 10:15:08AM 0 points [-]

I've found that I've gotten better at visualising in the last couple of years. No idea how or why though, it's not like I've been practising.