Maha comments on Discovering Your Secretly Secret Sensory Experiences - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strilanc 18 March 2014 10:32:57AM 3 points [-]

I think I have qualia associated with small numbers.

The closest analogy I can think of is "butterflies in your stomach, but with a pitch". I say pitch not because it's auditory (it's not), but because it seems to be the same feeling but higher or lower for different numbers (not in intensity, but in ... pitch).

Comment author: Maha 22 March 2014 06:47:28AM 2 points [-]

These experiences sound like synesthesia, in case anyone's unfamiliar with the concept and wants further reading.