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How do people with aphantasia play chess?
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A friend of mine has aphantasia. It seems like she has trouble with some board games but not with others. If she can stare st the layout of the board she's usually fine. We've never played chess.
In addition to not being able to see anything in her head, she also cannot hear her own thoughts.
That last part is particularly interesting... So maybe it's not just visual reasoning.
I think most aphantasiacs can't hear their own thoughts, but I might be wrong.
She's like the Helen Keller of thinking