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A comment on Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Simple, Real-World Details. Parent comment

Re:Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Sim... by ckw on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:07AM (#36810856)
Can you visualize a blackboard and perform calculations ‘by hand’?
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Re:Images in the Mind’s Eye Are Quick Sketches That Lack Sim... by Qem on Friday July 21, 2023 @07:56AM (#36812790)
I read somewhere some very proficient abacists are able to just picture the instrument in their heads and then proceed to do impressive mental arithmetic by just operating the imagined abacus.
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