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Parable - 120 - HD
🕑 Added 2020-06-20 03:31:27 +0000 UTC"BIRD!"
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One might have assumed Susan simply took the sudden appearance of wings and a halo in stride.
One would be mistaken.
Semantics! HOORAY!
This is not change blindness. Or, at least, it is not "officially" change blindness.
Change blindness is an actual phenomenon in which someone cannot tell something has changed because they did not see the change happen. This can refer to something like an object appearing or disappearing, or not noticing that someone's shaved their mustache.
My (extremely limited) understanding is that our minds make use of certain shortcuts to process visual information based on our expectations, and those shortcuts sometimes result in us missing things, up to and including someone we're talking to being replaced with another person (such has been done for giggles and science).
I'm not sure what I'd call not noticing one's own physical transformation. Morph unawareness? Change obliviousness? Fred? It's a puzzle.
It can be argued that "change blindness" is a valid way to refer to this, even if it has a different, more specific, real world meaning. I just worry about confusing the matter of the actual phenomenon, which is incredibly fascinating all on its own.
Comments
ijuinkun
I would call it "inverse phantom limb" syndrome. In phantom limb syndrome, a person who has had a body part removed still gets stimulation from the nerves that once connected to it, and thus feels like the part is still there. In the "inverse" form, the person is not able to process the new sensations coming from the added body part (in Susan's case, the wings), and thus does not recognize them for what they are.
Stephen Gilberg
I think if I grew wings in addition to my preexisting arms and legs, I'd feel like an insect.
Alexis Darbon
If you want to see some change blindness in action: https://youtu.be/xFHWPpltI0A?t=1347
coredumperror
Unlikely. She's already finished changing in panel 2, but her bust is the exact same size as in panel 1, which was before she changed. Her breasts seem larger in panel 3 because of the camera angle being slightly different, and her motion.
Scotty
She's now as tall and as muscular as she was prior to "cheats off" but she's a level higher in magic. prior to "cheats off" she was max level but used potions to keep her looking like level 2 in all skills.
Fairportfan
Hmmm. Speaking of change blindness - did her boobs get bigger, too?
Fairportfan
I have noticed that, until i know someone well, i see their face and there's a moment where i go "Oh, yeah - that's Jeff!" But once i know them well, i literally don't SEE their face - i RECOGNISE it. And that is where "change blindness" comes in.
