Post B2E7CEHTNrPEGpZwvo by Nickiquote@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2E7C6kFOzfYtkyofg by Nickiquote@mstdn.social
       2026-01-12T20:07:53Z
       
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       This is from my kid’s maths homework. Is this really maths, or is it “picturing 3D objects in your head” homework. I feel that this would be pretty hard if you had aphantasia.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2E7CEHTNrPEGpZwvo by Nickiquote@mstdn.social
       2026-01-12T21:59:50Z
       
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       I do picture the thing rotating and folding in my head and doing that I can get the answer pretty quick. But I’ve just realised that if I picture it folding forwards (ie towards myself) rather than back it’s a bit easier again.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2E7zpUZozzzrwMKm0 by breizh@pleroma.breizh.pm
       2026-01-13T00:02:28.841416Z
       
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       @Nickiquote Maybe there is a mathematical answer to this. But as someone that have aphantasia, I confirm that doing it by trying to picture it made me struggle more than I expected.And I think the mathematical way of doing it would be easier for me, while harder for most people without aphantasia, because sometimes (often, in maths) it's actually slower (or impossible, imagine having more than three dimensions. Four can be doable, but more…) to do the picturing thing. Then aphantasia become an advantage.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2E7zqj9EJFThQBU7k by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2026-01-13T01:32:37.922329Z
       
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       @breizh @Nickiquote Yeah, can't picture it either, although thinking about it in terms of folds (like F-E bit get 90° twice horizontally, so a 180° which flips F-E) works.