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   From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:38:37 -0000 (UTC)   
   LiquidPhD  wrote:   
      
   > > Although scientists have known for more than a century that mental   
   > > imagery varies between people, the topic received a surge of attention   
   > > when, a decade ago, an influential paper coined the term aphantasia to   
   > > describe the experience of people with no mental imagery   
      
   I always thought Bruce Willis' diagnosis brought a lot of attention to   
   the subject.  There was someone else high profile as well, though I   
   forget.   
      
   >   
   > Music, mostly. I don’t have much inner dialogue or anything but I hear   
   > music nearly constantly and fairly vividly.   
      
      
   I'm sorry to hear that - must be really trying for you.  Quite a   
   burden.  Do you have any control over the tune? I'd think probably   
   not.  You have my sympathy.   
      
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