Re:'Time Cells' Discovered in Human Brains
by wongarsu on Friday October 30, 2020 @08:28AM
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Anectotally, aphantasia seems highly correlated with reading HN (or probably programmers in general). HN threads about aphantasia-related topics always have lots of people with aphantasia, while these people make up a much smaller proportion in for example reddit threads about the same topic.
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Re:'Time Cells' Discovered in Human Brains
by scruple on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:30AM
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Just piling on to say that I learned that I have aphantasia from a HN thread about it a few years ago. I don't think it discriminates but it has been stated that many creative people (artists, animators, etc...) also have aphantasia. It could be that the HN population just has a lot of creative types, which does jive with the overall theme of this place.
Re:'Time Cells' Discovered in Human Brains
by Shorel on Friday October 30, 2020 @02:06PM
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I would not go as far. Self selecting bias is probably the reason. People without aphantasia just don't comment in these threads.
However we can say HN is the site where people with aphantasia feel safe when describing what they experience.