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Nisan comments on How is your mind different from everyone else's? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Nisan 06 December 2011 12:00:35AM 5 points [-]

I often have familiar music playing in my head. I know it continues to play even when I'm not aware of it, because of the following evidence: Sometimes I observe playback of song S1, followed by a period of not being aware of any music, then observing playback of the unrelated song S2. And in hindsight, there is a point in S1 that is a natural segue into S2.

I'm sometimes unaware of my emotions. I didn't know this was possible until kinda recently.

I'm most comfortable with non-verbal thinking. When I think verbally I'm more rational (as opposed to intuitive), but am slower and tend to get lost in tangents. For this reason I used to regard the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis as obviously false. Now I consider it to be a confused question.

I experience ASMR only when a barber uses electric clippers on the back of my neck.

I get butterflies in my stomach when I'm in love and/or on rollercoasters. This is a physical sensation.

I'm under the impression that in male sexuality, sexual desire is supposed to be pleasant and empowering. I did not experience it that way until I tried certain recreational drugs.

Despite being a native English speaker, I perceive /ɪŋ/ as /iŋ/.