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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•30 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?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-230 days agoThe 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•29 days agoFor me, “imagine a circle” is kind of a meaningless instruction until you follow it up with something
Huh.
Is the association with the word circle? Like, what does the concept of a circle involve?
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.
For me, “imagine a circle” is kind of a meaningless instruction until you follow it up with something