Samdell@lemmy.eco.br to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 24 days agoCan you rotate an apple in your head? (by Shen)cdn.imgchest.comimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1539file-text
arrow-up1539imageCan you rotate an apple in your head? (by Shen)cdn.imgchest.comSamdell@lemmy.eco.br to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 24 days agomessage-square71linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days ago when asked to imagine a circle, I just imagine the concept of a circle. It has no color, no texture, no substance. Huh. Is the association with the word circle? Like, what does the concept of a circle involve?
minus-squarevisc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-223 days agoThe infinite sharpness of its edge, the rigid but smooth change of direction as you move along it. The feeling you get when you see a circle. The concept of rolling. … but primarily just circle-ness.
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoFor me, “imagine a circle” is kind of a meaningless instruction until you follow it up with something
Huh.
Is the association with the word circle? Like, what does the concept of a circle involve?
The infinite sharpness of its edge, the rigid but smooth change of direction as you move along it. The feeling you get when you see a circle. The concept of rolling.
… but primarily just circle-ness.
For me, “imagine a circle” is kind of a meaningless instruction until you follow it up with something