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by prower 1812 days ago
Not the parent, but i can't recall faces (not even my parents) aside from isolated features, like a mustache.

I've seen absolutely nothing on this flashing screen despite looking at it for around 5 minutes. I don't think everyone else is lying, but i wonder if other people's brains just get "bored" and start imagining things, on a moving visual canvas.

Overall, this was totally disappointing.

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> i wonder if other people's brains just get "bored" and start imagining things

I think that's precisely the intended effect of this experiment.

Note that whether people's minds get bored or not, the idea is the same: whether they can visualize things that aren't really in front of them.