[perrygeo]

Aphantasia makes a number of testable hypotheses and can/has/continues to be dealt with as a serious scientific question. But instead of taking the time to do even the bare minimum of research, you trust your gut to tell you that it's bullshit. Classy.

[card_zero]

You didn't really say anything here yourself other than that you're awed by it. Also that I'm the one who has to do all the work apparently.

[perrygeo]

If you're gonna come out and say "trust my gut, this is bullshit" - yes, you do need to do all the work.

[card_zero]

Why's that, then?

I'm digging around in the Wikipedia article on "burden of proof", quick, head me off at the pass before I quote it.

Heh, it mentions "burden tennis". It all devolves to who's got the status quo on their side and who's making the extraordinary claim, or not. I can see why fistfights are a popular way to resolve disagreements.

[perrygeo]

Google scholar has 5000+ hits on the term, I'd suggest starting there. Once you've completely your meta-analysis proving that it's all "bullshit", let us know. That's how science works. You think your 10 minutes scrolling wikipedia substitutes for decades of research? Surely, since you and your gut feel so strongly about it, the evidence should speak for itself.

[suddenlybananas]

It's not decades of research, the term was coined in 2015. There's a vague reference to something similar earlier but it doesn't constitute pre-existing research. It's an extremely recent phenomenon to research it.

[card_zero]

You can tell me what the testable hypothesis is.