What Do Blind People Visualize In Their Mind?

Tommy Edison, who's been blind since birth, talks about what a blind person visualizes in their mind.

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Music:

“Mr. Meaner 2” by Hugh Doolan

“Blue Skies” by Unwritten Stories

“Cold Night” by Unwritten Stories

“Sensation” by Jay Rally

Used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 & 3.0 Unported licenses.

#visualization #mind #vision

[amberssweets]

My father is blind due to retinitis pigmentosis, so he still had a small bit of vision when I was very, very young, but was fully blind after that. I recently had a similar conversation with him about how he visualizes things, and he said that it's strange because even though I'm 40, and my voice is far different, he still pictures the 4 year old me speaking to him when we chat.

[nx]

I wish this man could get his vision at some point and just see everything for real to know if it's like he imagined...

[TimeWisely]

It makes my head hurt thinking about what it's like not even knowing what color is.

[pdfbanana]

It's crazy to even imagine "shape" with absolutely no visual to ever go on. Purely tactile.

[helen]

Has he tried sculpting? I feel like that would be a good way for him to express what he feeld

[blueeyedgojo]

for the car, haven't you ever held a toy car? like hot wheels? same thing, just smaller.

[ggJin]

What about math? What do you imagine or what do you represent each number as? What goes in your mind when solving a simple equation and a difficult one?

[redhotchilibitch]

man, we taking everything, literally EVERYTHING for granted.

[VikingerOnYT]

Tommy you're an amazing person! It just must be said! 😁

[krystofdayne]

That's fascinating, obviously you can't picture something like sighted people do, but I never thought of things like cars that are just too big for your sense of touch do grasp all at once. But I've seen you identify like the Empire State Building when you were given a small model of it, so I don't get how you do that. You must somehow be able to imagine the whole object after having it described to you else that wouldn't be possible... This just blows my mind :D

[atm]

As a future teacher, I was wondering, is there anything you wish your teachers knew or could have helped you with better? Is there anything that you can think of, that you know now, that would have made your learning experience better?

[louisdiver]

People really take sight for granted. At first, before I saw this channel, I thought sight was just another thing that sometime was stupid. But now... I can't ever imagine living without visualization or colors or- well, anything! Thank you for bringing me my real sight, Tommy.

[xOmGiTzAzOmBiEx]

Thank you for your positivity. You always make my day better.

[CrackedTth]

Tommy you've never held a model of a car before? We need to have that happen. You seem to really enjoy them, it's a bummer to think you don't know what a whole one feels like.

[sanehrhardt]

Imagine not being able to even imagine what something looks like....

[LoLo-cvcp]

You are a fascinating dude Tommy... love your sense of humor and how you make me think about the world from a perspective I otherwise never would have imagined.

[aleena]

Your videos are so interesting, it's insane.

[connorlee]

Subbed. It's crazy how I take my gift for granted, mind boggling actually

[mangatic]

dude, you are like a shining star, so lovable, always making me smile.

[steamcleana_]

Love this guy, I've been binge watching all his videos this past week