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bucolic_frolic

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4. I never thought much about it, and for me it's not some superpower

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 11:44 AM

Apr 2023

If you throw a number at me - 124, and ask how much I'll make if it gets to 200, I see my little path, trending down to 125, then up to 130, and can tell really fast it's 76. I don't use the addition/subtraction digits written in grade school chalkboard form. I suppose I can multiply and divide simple things in the same way, but forget large numbers. Don't give me 1,227,393 and divide it by 14. I'll go grab a calculator.

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Various forms of Synesthesia [View all] bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 OP

I thought that was normal, how else could one imagine numbers? Ocelot II Apr 2023 #1

To me, prime numbers look very different RainCaster Apr 2023 #2

Is that learned for you, or did you always see them that way? /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 #5

Never really thought about it RainCaster Apr 2023 #7

I wish I had this superpower intrepidity Apr 2023 #3

I never thought much about it, and for me it's not some superpower bucolic_frolic Apr 2023 #4

To me, it says something about the fundamental mathematical nature of reality intrepidity Apr 2023 #6