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[โ€“] brsrklf@jlai.lu 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

when asked to imagine a circle, I just imagine the concept of a circle. It has no color, no texture, no substance.

I mean, I don't have aphantasia, and if you ask me to imagine a circle, with no other details, I won't get most of that either right away. If anything I guess I'd tend to "see" it as a black thin outline, i guess because that's how it appears commonly in math problem figures. But I certainly wouldn't make up a texture or material for it if it wasn't mentioned.

Now if you're talking about a green and red tartan circle that smells like rotten cheese, yeah sure, I can summon that.

[โ€“] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, a circle by itself isn't an object that actually exists in real space, but a geometric concept, so I don't imagine more than black lines if not given any other information. Same with a square, triangle, etc.