"As someone with aphantasia, I often think it must be very limiting to have to pick specific configurations of a ball, table, color, etc. I asked my husband (who has hyperphantasia) about it, and he says he can adjust all the details at will, instantly, if he wants to, but.... ...that doesn't change the limitation, does it? Visualizers are essentially making a bunch of assumptions about something rather than grasping the core concept and keeping everything else open to the endless possibilities. When I learned about a year ago that most people don't 'conceptualize' things, it provided an explanation for something I've always felt; relative to myself, most people struggle to grasp core ideas and concepts. The ability to see a picture appears to handicap the ability to see the 'bigger' picture."

"As someone with aphantasia, I often think it must be very limiting to have to pick specific configurations of a ball, table, color, etc. I asked my husband (who has hyperphantasia) about it, and he says he can adjust all the details at will, instantly, if he wants to, but.... ...that doesn't change the limitation, does it? Visualizers are essentially making a bunch of assumptions about something rather than grasping the core concept and keeping everything else open to the endless possibilities. When I learned about a year ago that most people don't 'conceptualize' things, it provided an explanation for something I've always felt; relative to myself, most people struggle to grasp core ideas and concepts. The ability to see a picture appears to handicap the ability to see the 'bigger' picture."