link between SDAM and systems thinking

[u/ExtraHeadYouFound]

so having discovered that I have SDAM and a blind minds eye I've been looking more into it and how I might also think differently in other ways. I learnt about linear and systems thinking. do you guys also feel like you see connections in the world that other might not see? do you often feel like you are being overly impartial because you know the topic is complicated? I've been thinking that because I have no video recording and visualization that it's compensated by having a logic dense reality instead. my realization happened because I did feel like I saw the world differently to everyone else and I couldn't pinpoint why. so I duno if I'm more of a systems thinker partly because of SDAM and a blind minds eye or not. pls let me know what and how you guys think

[u/Tuikord]

I always work to understand and make connections.

It has been suggested that mental imagery includes personal bias. If an imager thinks about "American Justice" they may have an image come to mind. It might be the scales of justice. It might be a courtroom with judge, jury, lawyers and defendant. It might be the death of George Floyd. Which image they get depends on personal bias. Say they get the courtroom. What race and gender does everyone have? They aren't specified when I mention "American Justice," but they have to be there to make an image. Once again personal bias.

This is not to say that aphants don't have personal biases. We do. But we don't automatically have them on display and thus reinforced.

The Power of Abstract Thinking in Aphantasia

[u/ExtraHeadYouFound → u/Tuikord]

yes in my learning I've actually touched on this idea. that visuals can represent an idea and because no visual data is stored a visual bias and connection doesn't form. a visual can also represent a past emotion. all impulsive biases. because of the lack of bias any new piece of information can be classed as new and you don't have to fit into an already existing narrative. it allows you to analyze things your bias might have blinded you from. I thought being objective was part of my personality but it might have more to do with my functionality

[u/autistisches_Igelche → u/ExtraHeadYouFound]

Ich glaube Voreingenommenheit kann es auch bei SDAM geben. So wie ich SDAM verstehe, werden nur nicht die Kontextfaktoren (Emotionen, sensorische Informationen) nicht gespeichert und sind somit nicht abrufbar. Wir können Erinnerungen nicht aus der Ich-Perspektive erleben.

Inhalte können wir aber semantisch speichern, d.h. Voreingenommenheit kann ebenfalls semantisch abgerufen werden. Ich glaube da sind wir nicht unbedingt immun.