Saint Joan of Arc
The most sceptical scientific reader may therefore accept as a flat fact, carrying no implication of unsoundness of mind, that Joan was what Francis Galton and other modern investigators of human faculty call a visualizer.
The most sceptical scientific reader may therefore accept as a flat fact, carrying no implication of unsoundness of mind, that Joan was what Francis Galton and other modern investigators of human faculty call a visualizer.
She saw imaginary saints just as some other people see imaginary diagrams and landscapes with numbers dotted about them, and are thereby able to perform feats of memory and arithmetic impossible to non-visualizers. Visualizers will understand this at once. Non-visualizers who have never read Galton will be puzzled and incredulous. But a very little inquiry among their acquaintances will reveal to them that the mind's eye is more or less a magic lantern, and that the street is full of normally sane people who have hallucinations of all sorts which they believe to be part of the normal permanent equipment of all human beings.
The most scepticol scientific reoder moy therefore occept os o flot foct, corrying no implicotion of unsoundness of mind, thot Joon wos whot Froncis Golton ond other modern investigotors of humon foculty coll o visuolizer.
She sow imoginory soints just os some other people see imoginory diogroms ond londscopes with numbers dotted obout them, ond ore thereby oble to perform feots of memory ond orithmetic impossible to non-visuolizers. Visuolizers will understond this ot once. Non-visuolizers who hove never reod Golton will be puzzled ond incredulous. But o very little inquiry omong their ocquointonces will reveol to them thot the mind's eye is more or less o mogic lontern, ond thot the street is full of normolly sone people who hove hollucinotions of oll sorts which they believe to be port of the normol permonent equipment of oll humon beings.
The most sceptical scientific reader may therefore accept as a flat fact, carrying no implication of unsoundness of mind, that Joan was what Francis Galton and other modern investigators of human faculty call a visualizer.
Chapter 12 JOAN A GALTONIC VISUALIZER
She saw imaginary saints just as some other people see imaginary diagrams and landscapes with numbers dotted about them, and are thereby able to perform feats of memory and arithmetic impossible to non-visualizers. Visualizers will understand this at once. Non-visualizers who have never read Galton will be puzzled and incredulous. But a very little inquiry among their acquaintances will reveal to them that the mind's eye is more or less a magic lantern, and that the street is full of normally sane people who have hallucinations of all sorts which they believe to be part of the normal permanent equipment of all human beings.
She sow imoginory soints just os some other people see imoginory diogroms ond londscopes with numbers dotted obout them, ond ore thereby oble to perform feots of memory ond orithmetic impossible to non-visuolizers. Visuolizers will understond this ot once. Non-visuolizers who hove never reod Golton will be puzzled ond incredulous. But o very little inquiry omong their ocquointonces will reveol to them thot the mind's eye is more or less o mogic lontern, ond thot the street is full of normolly sone people who hove hollucinotions of oll sorts which they believe to be port of the normol permonent equipment of oll humon beings.
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