this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2024
140 points (99.3% liked)

Today I Learned

17995 readers
222 users here now

What did you learn today? Share it with us!

We learn something new every day. This is a community dedicated to informing each other and helping to spread knowledge.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules (interactive)


Rule 1- All posts must begin with TIL. Linking to a source of info is optional, but highly recommended as it helps to spark discussion.

** Posts must be about an actual fact that you have learned, but it doesn't matter if you learned it today. See Rule 6 for all exceptions.**



Rule 2- Your post subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material.

Your post subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material. You will be warned first, banned second.



Rule 3- Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here.

Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Breaking this rule will not get you or your post removed, but it will put you at risk, and possibly in danger.



Rule 4- No self promotion or upvote-farming of any kind.

That's it.



Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.

Posts and comments which, instead of being of an innocuous nature, are specifically intended (based on reports and in the opinion of our crack moderation team) to bait users into ideological wars on charged political topics will be removed and the authors warned - or banned - depending on severity.



Rule 6- Regarding non-TIL posts.

Provided it is about the community itself, you may post non-TIL posts using the [META] tag on your post title.



Rule 7- You can't harass or disturb other members.

If you vocally harass or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.

Likewise, if you are a member, sympathiser or a resemblant of a movement that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of a group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you will be banned on sight.

For further explanation, clarification and feedback about this rule, you may follow this link.



Rule 8- All comments should try to stay relevant to their parent content.



Rule 9- Reposts from other platforms are not allowed.

Let everyone have their own content.



Rule 10- Majority of bots aren't allowed to participate here.

Unless included in our Whitelist for Bots, your bot will not be allowed to participate in this community. To have your bot whitelisted, please contact the moderators for a short review.



Partnered Communities

You can view our partnered communities list by following this link. To partner with our community and be included, you are free to message the moderators or comment on a pinned post.

Community Moderation

For inquiry on becoming a moderator of this community, you may comment on the pinned post of the time, or simply shoot a message to the current moderators.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Tarquinn2049 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm thinking I got a couple copies of the dna that makes these, and a dna gap of whatever was supposed to be next in line. My virtual copy of the world around me is detailed down to the milimeter, which, according to everyone else I know, is "not normal". Comes in real handy when parking a car in a tight spot or cluttered garage. Or navigating a crowd while reading a book. But I definitely suck to a similar degree at lots of other things, lol.

My particular gaps and duplicates worked out to still be kind of useful, but I work with alot of people who got a different result from their grab bag of assorted dna sequencing mishaps. My job is basically to make sure they can still enjoy as many aspects of their life as possible, and luckily, that is pretty enjoyable for me.

[–] 3ntranced 1 points 12 hours ago

I'm the same way except the space variables grow or shrink with time. The more I've been away from a certain place, the less I can recall the volume of the space. But as for object reference and positioning I could thread a needle into a reset button onto a TV remote blindfolded.

[–] Vince 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, now I know what I'm lacking, thanks to gps for saving me

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've always called it "map brain," and am fascinated to watch people who don't have that ability.

For example, my husband has been to the library and he has been to the grocery store. From home, he can get to either without any trouble. But if he's at the grocery store and needs to go to the library? He'll need to go home first. He just can't visualize the steps if it's a new path. He's a brilliant guy, but he has a foggy brain map.

I'm pretty much the opposite, but what I love about GPS is that they'll tell you which lane is optimal for the next exit. If it's a new route, that's super helpful.

[–] Benjaben 4 points 1 day ago

Mine's even slightly weirder - I'm trash at navigation in a car, on streets. Even if it's somewhere I've been a bunch, once GPS became commonplace that part of my brain seems to have basically switched off or decayed somehow.

But outside, backpacking or even less demanding stuff, I have a great sense of direction. Plenty of successful solo trips, etc., very rarely feel turned around or confused. There's probably a contribution caused by the differing level of effort, but it's hard to put into words how my subconscious automatically provides a ton of help in the latter situation and zero in the former.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I wonder if he has aphantasia

[–] Vince 2 points 1 day ago

Fascinating, my GF and I are the same way. I have no idea which way is north, I have no idea which way I'm driving, while she can get around without GPS, even to new places.

I get around by memorizing the steps, left here, right there, etc. Daily commutes seem to happen automatically, there are days where I get to work and have no memory of the drive. Also feels like driving vs navigating is a completely different skillset, I've never been in an accident after 25+ years of driving, despite many close calls having to dodge other cars.

[–] MehBlah 4 points 1 day ago

I have always had a very good map of my surroundings in mind. I'm pretty sure it applies in the water. Once during some water rescue training they had a class where they gave us opaque googles and spun us in the water so we could experience what it would be like in dark murky water with no sight reference. No matter what they did the second they let go of me I shot straight for the surface. It really bothered the instructor that I could do that. He wasn't really happy with my beating his best time underwater on one breath contest by two minutes. He shouldn't have bragged beforehand then everyone wouldn't have known.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I don't think mine work