• @tal@lemmy.today
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    326 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?

    • @visc@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      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.

    • @MBM@lemmings.world
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      126 days ago

      For me, “imagine a circle” is kind of a meaningless instruction until you follow it up with something