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Aphantasia

An Essay About Nothing

This book is 100% completeLast updated on 2024-12-13
Peter Armstrong

This short book is an essay about Aphantasia. It is also translated into 31 languages (see the Translations section below) using Leanpub's GlobalAuthor service. You can read it for free, either by clicking the Free To Read Online button to read it in your web browser, or by adding the book to your cart to download and read in PDF and EPUB. If you enjoy the essay, please consider buying a paid copy :)

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If you want to see the world in a new way, I have a simple exercise for you:

1. Close your eyes.

2. Imagine a table.

3. Imagine a ball rolling off the table.

(Seriously, before you read anything more, please do this now. I'll wait.)

Done?

Now, answer the following two questions:

1. What color was the ball?

2. What color was the table?

If you're a typical person, you probably answered that the ball was red, yellow or blue. I've also heard more elaborate descriptions of the ball, like yellow with blue stripes.

For the table, you might have thought of a color, or a material like wood. You may have even picked a specific wood, like pine or oak.

Now, for some of you, the answer might be more like mine...

(...continue reading by clicking the Free To Read Online button above to read it in your web browser, or add the book to your cart to download and read in PDF and EPUB...)

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  • Aphantasia: An Essay About Nothing
    • Imagine a Table
    • The Queen’s Gambit
    • Einstein
    • Tradeoffs
    • Sleep and Meditation
    • Intellectual Empathy
    • The Roommate With No Sense Of Smell
    • Inner Monologues
    • Religion and Art
    • Books and Movies
    • Why Travel, Hike or Take Pictures?
    • Code, Math, and Malls
    • An Essay About Nothing

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