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Originally Posted by Sirtel
It's very hard for me to imagine what it's like to never see/taste/smell/hear anything in one's mind. I had no idea there even were people like that, until I stumbled upon a post here mentioning aphantasia. A subject that seems to have been researched very little until now. Reading about it was really interesting and eye-opening. How drastically different people can be, our genetic similarity notwithstanding...
And it makes one wonder why various genetic mutations have persisted for thousands or millions of years. What benefit do they have? For example, I have a personality disorder that makes it virtually impossible for me to have close emotional relationships with other people (no problem with animals). Apparently inherited from my father's side of the family. I often wonder why such a disability has persisted throughout human history, with no obvious benefits I can see.
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Someone ordering soldiers into combat might wish they were like that instead of being tortured by their memories for the rest of their life.
Apache