Robert (Ramachandran clip) / Unknown
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Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
Any human being can take a white car and make it in their imagination.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
He can paste red on it in his imagination.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
But a monkey you don't think can do it.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
And this is so simple for a human being to do.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
Let's run through a quick exercise.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
Imagine for me a bird in your head.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
I'm just going to cut forward a little bit.
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Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
Only a human being could do this because only humans can take images from the real world
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Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
pull them into their heads, divide them into parts, and then start turning those parts into abstractions.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
Monkeys, says Ramachandran, can't do that.
Science Vs
Aphantasia: Missing the Mind's Eye
He basically just called you a monkey.