Samdell@lemmy.eco.br to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 7 days agoCan you rotate an apple in your head? (by Shen)cdn.imgchest.comimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1551arrow-down119file-text
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minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 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-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoFor me, “imagine a circle” is kind of a meaningless instruction until you follow it up with something
minus-squarevisc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 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.
Huh.
Is the association with the word circle? Like, what does the concept of a circle involve?
For me, “imagine a circle” is kind of a meaningless instruction until you follow it up with something
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.