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Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Re: Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Post by efilife »

susam wrote: post #3

I am not a synaesthete and I wonder how other non-synaesthetes perceived the '5 vs 2' diagram. Even though I see all the digits in plain black, the triangle of 2s immediately stood out to me. The author writes: 'For me, four-leaf clovers are a different shape so they stand out in a clover patch very much like this. Unlike letters and numbers, however, I don't get a sense of color, it's more like a sense of movement.'…

I don't have synesthesia as well. The 2s didn't stand out at all to me. I knew they were here and I could find them upon inspection but their locations were totally unknown to me at a glance. I would never have spotted that they form a triangle. Ask me anything

Re: Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Post by oniony »

efilife wrote: post #51
susam wrote: post #3

I am not a synaesthete and I wonder how other non-synaesthetes perceived the '5 vs 2' diagram. Even though I see all the digits in plain black, the triangle of 2s immediately stood out to me. The author writes: 'For me, four-leaf clovers are a different shape so they stand out in a clover patch very much like this. Unlike letters and numbers, however, I don't get a sense of color, it's more like a sense of movement.'…

I don't have synesthesia as well. The 2s didn't stand out at all to me. I knew they were here and I could find them upon inspection but their locations were totally unknown to me at a glance. I would never have spotted that they form a triangle. Ask me anything

Do you have a pent up anger towards triangular things?

Re: Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Post by Atlas667 »

p1anecrazy wrote: post #49
Atlas667 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I am also inclined to believe this is just natural human psyche phenomenon. This very specific topic about clovers is one that I relate to, I've always found 4 leaf clovers faster. But I wouldnt say I have synesthesia. This has developed/manifested itself into looking for things on a computer screen, which I essentially do for a living. I can hold a piece of text in my head and scroll by quickly to search for it…

Scrolling quickly and having typos jump at me (when I was editing text in the past) and required code fragments (now) is exactly how I experience it. How strong is your visual imagination?

I'd say my visual imagination is pretty strong.

I bet we're just good at scanning. Eyes are made for looking and we can use a semi-subconscious level of looking that attracts our eyes to what we want to find.

Though I'm sure most everyone is, really.

I bet I just wanted to find 4 leaf clovers more than my peers and would focus more.

Re: Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Post by RandomBacon »

Atlas667 wrote: post #20
susam wrote: post #3

I am not a synaesthete and I wonder how other non-synaesthetes perceived the '5 vs 2' diagram. Even though I see all the digits in plain black, the triangle of 2s immediately stood out to me. The author writes: 'For me, four-leaf clovers are a different shape so they stand out in a clover patch very much like this. Unlike letters and numbers, however, I don't get a sense of color, it's more like a sense of movement.'…

Yes, I am also inclined to believe this is just natural human psyche phenomenon. This very specific topic about clovers is one that I relate to, I've always found 4 leaf clovers faster. But I wouldnt say I have synesthesia. This has developed/manifested itself into looking for things on a computer screen, which I essentially do for a living. I can hold a piece of text in my head and scroll by quickly to search for it…

I used to read a ton as a kid, and now I can easily spot typos, extra spaces, etc when I glance at a page. If only I proofread my own writing *sigh*.

Re: Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Post by efilife »

oniony wrote: post #52
efilife wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have synesthesia as well. The 2s didn't stand out at all to me. I knew they were here and I could find them upon inspection but their locations were totally unknown to me at a glance. I would never have spotted that they form a triangle. Ask me anything

Do you have a pent up anger towards triangular things?

I'd like to be a part of one someday so probably no

Re: Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Post by exomonk »

hatthew wrote: post #48
exomonk wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So 2:1 for four-leaf:five-leaf? Seems to reinforce their point that this blog is bs

my point is that the ratios are variable, and thus 100:1 four-leaf:five-leaf is plausible

It's hard to see it being off by multiple orders of magnitude.

Re: Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)

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Post by hatthew »

exomonk wrote: post #57
hatthew wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

my point is that the ratios are variable, and thus 100:1 four-leaf:five-leaf is plausible

It's hard to see it being off by multiple orders of magnitude.

The link suggests that we expect to see 100:1 four-leaf to six-leaf ratio, but in that one patch I found about a 4:1 ratio. I think it is very plausible that different lineages and/or different environmental conditions could cause wildly varying numbers.
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