I get as much enjoyment from technical books that I read for career and personal reasons as I do fiction, so I usually read non fiction as it at least has a purpose for me. I wonder how much is related to my not being able to visualize anything.
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driftwood@lemmy.world 2 days agoI do too, and I didn’t know it was different for others until I was an adult. When I was young they used to guilt trip me for wasting my intelligence because I hated books.
I grew up inspired by creative world building shown in movies like LOTR and in games. I read more than most people, but it’s never books.
I hate how so many people fail to consider others might not have the same perspective or needs.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Reading both is very similar for me but non-fiction does give more imagination material.
Like if I read Star Wars I would get a lot more ideas on space and jedi. If I read about the Kreb Cycle I would just know the information on the Kreb Cycle.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I think I might have an imagination fault in addition to ‘can’t see things in my mind’ (which I thought was completely made up that people could just picture things in their head, it still freaks me out even though I’ve accepted it). I can imagine things of course but only in like a practical reality sense. Like my mind doesn’t have a bridge to ‘maybe’ kinds of theory unless I can make it make sense along the way. That’s not to say I don’t imagine things that make sense in my head that would be complete disasters, because I do, regularly, and peer review has saved me countless times. I don’t know how to explain but the more I hear about how other people’s brains work it makes me think mine is broken and constrained significantly for some reason.
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hmm.
I feel like I’m very logical and I don’t like speculating on things that I don’t have all the information on.
I can imagine things of course but only in like a practical reality sense
I’m confused of what you mean. Do you think you could give an example?
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Same I didn’t know until I was an adult. My math scores as a child were high but I hated reading and I wasn’t the best at it so I was put in special reading classes.
Do you have the consciously read every word? I don’t understand how people can just look at a paragraph and just soak up the knowledge without going through all the individual words.