AKA how to train a generative image model on a biological neural net. Listening to him do it sounds a lot like a description of a diffusion model generating an image from the initial static--surreal.
How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
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Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#82So, wait, are people normally actually seeing images, with their eyes, when they imagine what something looks like? Like, the brown-blackness of the back of your eyelids gets replaced with something you actually see, like it's projected there? I can imagine what something looks like, and I guess I sort of 'see' it, but closing my eyes doesn't make it any more real. It doesn't seem to involve the eyes or any part of t…
No people can’t see stuff in their vision, it is just a way of describing the "minds eye".
I was also confused when I first heard of aphantasia, so talked about it with a few people. Enough people to come to the conclusion that a loot of it comes down to some people using crude language for the "minds eye". But that some people use the minds eye more than others.
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#83So, wait, are people normally actually seeing images, with their eyes, when they imagine what something looks like? Like, the brown-blackness of the back of your eyelids gets replaced with something you actually see, like it's projected there? I can imagine what something looks like, and I guess I sort of 'see' it, but closing my eyes doesn't make it any more real. It doesn't seem to involve the eyes or any part of t…
I have seen lines of code projected vividly like this. Several years ago a Facebook recruiter invited me to interview with them. It mostly went well, except I bombed the leetcode algorithm quiz. The next day, as I expected, they sent me a polite note thanking me for interviewing but they would be moving on with other candidates. The morning after that, I woke up and before I opened my eyes I saw the complete solution…
If you’re not already aware, there is also a phenomenon where a person wakes up with a solution to something they had a problem with. Sleep is required for memory formation and organization, during which new and sometimes novel associations can be made.
I personally consider naps an essential part of studying because of this.
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#84The thing I've never understood about aphantasia is the emphasis on closing your eyes. Does it really matter? I can visualize an apple (to borrow the example from the frequently shared meme) whether my eyes are open or closed. It's not like my eyelids are some necessary visual backdrop for visualization.
So you can do AR, basically
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#85There was a story about a guy who trained himself to lucid dream about a hundred years ago while he was riding a train, and letting the shadows play off of his closed eyes....anyone know what I'm talking about? Having a hard time googling it, but I wonder if that same technique could be used for improving mental imagery instead of eye rubbing.
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#86So, wait, are people normally actually seeing images, with their eyes, when they imagine what something looks like? Like, the brown-blackness of the back of your eyelids gets replaced with something you actually see, like it's projected there? I can imagine what something looks like, and I guess I sort of 'see' it, but closing my eyes doesn't make it any more real. It doesn't seem to involve the eyes or any part of t…
I have seen lines of code projected vividly like this. Several years ago a Facebook recruiter invited me to interview with them. It mostly went well, except I bombed the leetcode algorithm quiz. The next day, as I expected, they sent me a polite note thanking me for interviewing but they would be moving on with other candidates. The morning after that, I woke up and before I opened my eyes I saw the complete solution…
I have, in more than one occasion, gone to sleep with a problem in mind and woke up with a solution, but it is more of a conceptual thing. To actually see the lines of code, if true, is wild.
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#87So, wait, are people normally actually seeing images, with their eyes, when they imagine what something looks like? Like, the brown-blackness of the back of your eyelids gets replaced with something you actually see, like it's projected there? I can imagine what something looks like, and I guess I sort of 'see' it, but closing my eyes doesn't make it any more real. It doesn't seem to involve the eyes or any part of t…
I can, but in my case it’s not always a coherent image sequence like in movies. I see “episodes”. Actually that’s my only way of falling asleep. If i don’t “see” images i dont fall asleep. And when i sleep well it’s always after having a clear dream. Although somehow when i am about to get a cold or a health issue they get more vivid. Strange.
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#88A bit OT: I'm curious what, if anything, people here see when their eyes are closed while falling asleep.
I usually see one of the following:
1. Just the brown/black of my eyelids, with some slight variations in darkness.
2. A blob of white light. It looks a lot like what you'd see if you were in a dark room with a sink full of water that is draining, and there was a drop of some glowing dye in the water which is circling the drain and expanding.
3. Gears, pistons, linkages, pulleys, wheels, etc forming elaborate moving mechanisms. I have no idea what the mechanisms are doing or if any of the mechanisms are sensible or even possible. I'm very much not mechanically inclined and so this is the most puzzling nighttime visualization to me.
4. Plants. I seem to be flying low over land with patches of grass, flowers, and trees. The scene is quite detailed, with individual leaves and blades of grass visible, and any gaps between things filled with things farther behind, giving a strong sense of 3D.
5. Animals. Unlike the plants of #4 that I see in a full environment if I see animals they are just kind of there against the brown/black background. Sometimes they are normal animals, and sometimes they are weird creatures that belong in science fiction or mythology. The animals often morph into other animals.
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#89I thought this was innate for decades … I’ve had a clear minds eye for as long as I can remember. In college a couple decades ago I did Jose Silvas program and some of Monroe Institutes. This is the way to truly enhance your minds eye.
can you provide links?
Re: How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
#90So, wait, are people normally actually seeing images, with their eyes, when they imagine what something looks like? Like, the brown-blackness of the back of your eyelids gets replaced with something you actually see, like it's projected there? I can imagine what something looks like, and I guess I sort of 'see' it, but closing my eyes doesn't make it any more real. It doesn't seem to involve the eyes or any part of t…
I don’t even need to close my eyes and the images are fairly vivid. AR before AR. I thought for a long time that’s how it was for everyone. Anyone else have that?
I'm the same. I can pop things in and out of reality as needed to visualize things. Of course the counter to this scares me thinking about what happens if I did this without conscious awareness...
My dreams can feel more real than reality too. Like full senses lucid dreams. Looking at things like clocks and books worked in my dreams. My dreams are just a reality inside the reality everyone else shares.
Also, In my teens and early 20s I had dreams I could levitate. If you could imagine being able to follow magnetic fields just under your skin would be about the best way to describe it. It was disappointing to wake up and realize that I couldn't do this.