Some people claim to be able to see auras. At some point I got the vague impression that this was a ~real thing~, not in a supernatural way but in a “you can learn more than you realize about someone from looking at them, and in some people some of the things you can learn are represented as auras” way. (I may be completely wrong about that. I haven’t seen anyone talk about them recently.)
So now I’m wondering whether that’s the same thing we’re talking about here. Would people who see auras be able to detect a niceness/meanness field? Would they see different auras in women who get frequently/rarely catcalled?
The claim that someone can see an aura is usually not only a claim about perceiving some information but also a claim of having a visual representation of it. To the extend that’s there are people who really experience it, it’s a form of synesthesia.
That seems true, but… I confess, I’m not sure why you’re saying it. It feels like you’re trying to tell me a relevant fact that I can use to answer my original question, or to approach it from another angle, or something. But if so, I’m failing to see how I can use it. Am I missing something?
My point is that the people who claim to see auras make a claim about having a visual perception of something.
Perceiving something as a “field of niceness” would be a more intuitive judgement. Whether or not the intuitive perception of a “field of niceness” is a real thing is a distinct question of whether someone actually has a visual perception of an aura.
Right, thanks. To be clear, I’m not suggesting that aura-viewers might perceive a niceness field *as* a niceness field; just that there might be some visual quality of an aura that suggests a niceness field. (I guess similar to how someone can look happy, even though I can’t perceive happiness directly.)
Some people claim to be able to see auras. At some point I got the vague impression that this was a ~real thing~, not in a supernatural way but in a “you can learn more than you realize about someone from looking at them, and in some people some of the things you can learn are represented as auras” way. (I may be completely wrong about that. I haven’t seen anyone talk about them recently.)
So now I’m wondering whether that’s the same thing we’re talking about here. Would people who see auras be able to detect a niceness/meanness field? Would they see different auras in women who get frequently/rarely catcalled?
The claim that someone can see an aura is usually not only a claim about perceiving some information but also a claim of having a visual representation of it. To the extend that’s there are people who really experience it, it’s a form of synesthesia.
That seems true, but… I confess, I’m not sure why you’re saying it. It feels like you’re trying to tell me a relevant fact that I can use to answer my original question, or to approach it from another angle, or something. But if so, I’m failing to see how I can use it. Am I missing something?
My point is that the people who claim to see auras make a claim about having a visual perception of something.
Perceiving something as a “field of niceness” would be a more intuitive judgement. Whether or not the intuitive perception of a “field of niceness” is a real thing is a distinct question of whether someone actually has a visual perception of an aura.
Right, thanks. To be clear, I’m not suggesting that aura-viewers might perceive a niceness field *as* a niceness field; just that there might be some visual quality of an aura that suggests a niceness field. (I guess similar to how someone can look happy, even though I can’t perceive happiness directly.)