• BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Lol. Im on the autism spectrum. You have no idea the complexity I can visualize and manipulate in my mind. I basically have CAD software in my brain.

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      3 days ago

      I’ve got two kids. I told my older one “you’ve got a blackboard in your brain, practice making it bigger and making the things you write on it last longer”. He says “oh yeah you’re right cool”.

      My younger kid doesn’t have one. Just, not there. She has an incredible eye for color and immediately sounds like a native when learning a new language, though, which neither of the other two of us have.

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      That’s a good point. I haven’t used drafting software in a long time, but that shows this imagery is a practiced skill rather than an innate ability.