Dead Cant Rant

Interesting. Last month I stumbled across Mark’s post at Tempus Fugit and was stunned: somebody else in the world sees the calendar in a specific shape. And not just somebody, but a lot of people. I have spent my entire life visualizing numbers, days of the week, and calendar years in odd shapes and I just thought there was something wrong with me. Turns out I was right all along!

From the Wikipedia entry on synesthesia, here’s an example of how a person affected with number form synesthesia (as I am) may visualize numbers:

This makes math a pain in the ass…