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I was a teacher for 17 years, but couldn't read or write

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Re: I was a teacher for 17 years, but couldn't read or write

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Computationally we don't understand what dyslexia is. Neuroplasticity is happening all the time. Perhaps at one point something changes and he has the ability to aquire the writing form of a language agian. Similiar to in mathematics where it's a very different process reasoning with symbols v.s. trying to visualize the mathematical construct through communication. Maybe it's difficult to aquire the writing form of g…

> Perhaps at one point something changes and he has the ability to aquire the writing form of a language agian. That sounds like what I was wondering. Perhaps something "snaps" into or out of place "catastrophically" (in the sense of almost discontinuously, in the context of the usual timescale of psychological changes). For example, it sounds like his loss of fear occurred pretty suddenly. I feel a bit awkward specu…

Don't feel awkward about it. We're all minds speculating about minds. My blue will never be same as your blue, and so are my pains, pleasures, etc - no matter how closely some of my qualia may resemble yours.

We're all in our own little specula (watchtower) seeing the world from our vantage points. Thus we can do nothing but speculari, or speculate so to speak.

This is why psychedlic experiences are so meaningful. They help us to experience the meta-ness of the experience per se.

Re: I was a teacher for 17 years, but couldn't read or write

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Case and point: I wear glasses. In fact, I'm almost blind without them: my effective vision ends at about 3 feet. Though I am able to perceive distinction between large objects and people, everything dissolves into a fuzzy mess. In American public schools (in the northeast US, at least) in the early 90s, schools would test student vision every year during elementary/primary school years. They would use the traditiona…

Why would you memorize the eye tests? You were afraid that your low vision was "discovered"? Wouldn't that be a good thing? I'm actually really confused by your story to be honest, I think there's some part that I'm missing somehow.

I was also 8 or 9 years old, and didn't really understand the big deal. On some level, I knew that my vision was different than other kids, but when it came time to test it, I also had a desire to "beat the test." If it seems childish, that's because it was. :)

Re: I was a teacher for 17 years, but couldn't read or write

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post #135

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Why would you memorize the eye tests? You were afraid that your low vision was "discovered"? Wouldn't that be a good thing? I'm actually really confused by your story to be honest, I think there's some part that I'm missing somehow.

These "anecdotes" make my blood boil.

Yeah, couldnyou clarify? What about the anecdotes?
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