Comments on: How do you see numbers? http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/ Anything goes! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:34:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anne http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-6082 Anne Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:22:14 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-6082 <p>Thank you! It's amazing to find other people who also find this interesting. There really should be an app somewhere to draw up these kind of maps.</p> Thank you! It’s amazing to find other people who also find this interesting. There really should be an app somewhere to draw up these kind of maps.

]]> By: Nancy http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-6080 Nancy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:04:52 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-6080 <p>This is SO interesting. Your map is fascinating! I would love to do one but don't know how other than to draw it out.</p> <p>My numbers go from 1, in a straight line up, to 29, then 30 starts to the left beside 20, goes up to 39, then 40 starts the same as 30 and so on...at 100 the straight line goes up again to 129, and then the same, 130 to the left beside 120, and so on...at 1000, 100,000, 1 million, that's when they all switch to the straight line up to 29 (1000 to 29,000, etc)..it's this huge map that goes upward and to the left. I've always thought this was probably so bizarre and illogical of me.</p> <p>Anne, I would love to find a site to map this.</p> <p>Am going to look up "number forms and number mapping" and "SYNESTHESIA" right now!</p> <p>And how interesting the way some people see months! That is so crazy. I'm boring and just see them in a straight line going down like a calendar, basically.</p> <p>ps - now that I'm trying to picture it, I realize I have exceptions...I would think 100 would start to the left of 90, but it actually kind of floats around 99, and goes up from there. I think something also happens at 100,000, but I can't quite explain it or really even see it properly to begin with.</p> This is SO interesting. Your map is fascinating! I would love to do one but don’t know how other than to draw it out.

My numbers go from 1, in a straight line up, to 29, then 30 starts to the left beside 20, goes up to 39, then 40 starts the same as 30 and so on…at 100 the straight line goes up again to 129, and then the same, 130 to the left beside 120, and so on…at 1000, 100,000, 1 million, that’s when they all switch to the straight line up to 29 (1000 to 29,000, etc)..it’s this huge map that goes upward and to the left. I’ve always thought this was probably so bizarre and illogical of me.

Anne, I would love to find a site to map this.

Am going to look up “number forms and number mapping” and “SYNESTHESIA” right now!

And how interesting the way some people see months! That is so crazy. I’m boring and just see them in a straight line going down like a calendar, basically.

ps – now that I’m trying to picture it, I realize I have exceptions…I would think 100 would start to the left of 90, but it actually kind of floats around 99, and goes up from there. I think something also happens at 100,000, but I can’t quite explain it or really even see it properly to begin with.

]]> By: Anne http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-2826 Anne Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:03:31 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2826 <p>Yes, I can imagine it a little bit. There should be a site where it is easy to draw up these kind of patterns and compare them :)</p> Yes, I can imagine it a little bit. There should be a site where it is easy to draw up these kind of patterns and compare them :)

]]> By: FANNY http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-2822 FANNY Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:24:22 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2822 <p>There is a difference in our numbers. When I think of 1000, it takes a slight turn to 10K. Then it's straight up tilting towards the left. When it hits 100K, it turns right straight up to 1 Million....then the Trillion, etc. is just the word.</p> There is a difference in our numbers. When I think of 1000, it takes a slight turn to 10K. Then it’s straight up tilting towards the left. When it hits 100K, it turns right straight up to 1 Million….then the Trillion, etc. is just the word.

]]> By: FANNY http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-2821 FANNY Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:19:09 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2821 <p>I see the months of January to June straight down then turning right for July and August. September is a little tilted and then October is slightly lower than September. November then is slightly higher than October and then right below it is December. It's all in a form that can fit in box style. I hope this makes sense.</p> <p>My weeks are Mon - Friday straight across slightly tilting down. Then Saturday and Sunday are slightly tilted to the right.</p> <p>Are you doing research? This is so interesting.</p> I see the months of January to June straight down then turning right for July and August. September is a little tilted and then October is slightly lower than September. November then is slightly higher than October and then right below it is December. It’s all in a form that can fit in box style. I hope this makes sense.

My weeks are Mon – Friday straight across slightly tilting down. Then Saturday and Sunday are slightly tilted to the right.

Are you doing research? This is so interesting.

]]> By: Anne http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-2820 Anne Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:55:00 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2820 <p>Thank you, Fanny! Yes, the Number form wikipedia entry seems to match. I had not found this before.</p> <p>You are the first person who tells me you see them the same way. I think there must be a number of different common patterns.</p> <p>As for the months of a year, I see them in a slightly illogical way as well: Starting in January the months are lined up in a straight line up to September. September is the "corner month", which means that after September it turns left to October. After October, November turns left again and the months now continue in opposite direction compared to all the early months in the year. December follows November in a straight line, and - oddly - connects in a left turn again with the January of the next year (closing the cycle). The strange thing here is the imbalance of the month layout: 9 months into one direction, left turn, and then just 2 months in the opposite direction.</p> <p>The days of the week are also forming a circle, but this must be quite common (with the weekend days going in opposite direction to the week days).</p> <p>How do you see your months and weeks?</p> Thank you, Fanny! Yes, the Number form wikipedia entry seems to match. I had not found this before.

You are the first person who tells me you see them the same way. I think there must be a number of different common patterns.

As for the months of a year, I see them in a slightly illogical way as well: Starting in January the months are lined up in a straight line up to September. September is the “corner month”, which means that after September it turns left to October. After October, November turns left again and the months now continue in opposite direction compared to all the early months in the year. December follows November in a straight line, and – oddly – connects in a left turn again with the January of the next year (closing the cycle). The strange thing here is the imbalance of the month layout: 9 months into one direction, left turn, and then just 2 months in the opposite direction.

The days of the week are also forming a circle, but this must be quite common (with the weekend days going in opposite direction to the week days).

How do you see your months and weeks?

]]> By: Fanny http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-2819 Fanny Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:42:57 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2819 <p>LOOK UP NUMBER FORMS AND SYNESTHESIA ON WIKIPEDIA. Some people see numbers in color as well.</p> LOOK UP NUMBER FORMS AND SYNESTHESIA ON WIKIPEDIA. Some people see numbers in color as well.

]]> By: Fanny http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-2818 Fanny Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:41:27 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2818 <p>Also, how do you see your months? BTW, my husband visualizes specific dates and events in an organized time-line form. For example, he visutalizes in a number map/form when WWII was taking place.</p> Also, how do you see your months? BTW, my husband visualizes specific dates and events in an organized time-line form. For example, he visutalizes in a number map/form when WWII was taking place.

]]> By: Fanny http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-2817 Fanny Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:39:44 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-2817 <p>This is great. I guess this is the way we were trained to memorize. I see my numbers just like yours. I did some googling and found information on number forms and number mapping. My husband sees his numbers differently. He sees them in 10's down straight lines next to each other. I wonder if the above map is the "common" way people see it. If not, how come I see my numbers mapped out just like yours?</p> This is great. I guess this is the way we were trained to memorize. I see my numbers just like yours. I did some googling and found information on number forms and number mapping. My husband sees his numbers differently. He sees them in 10′s down straight lines next to each other. I wonder if the above map is the “common” way people see it. If not, how come I see my numbers mapped out just like yours?

]]> By: Anne http://fluxicon.com/blog/2009/05/how-do-you-see-numbers/#comment-369 Anne Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:49:04 +0000 http://fluxicon.com/blog/?p=29#comment-369 <p>Thanks, Jan! This is interesting.</p> <p>So you seem to have an intuitive understanding of numbers and the math behind them? No visualization at all? Or are there on some kind of infinite line?</p> Thanks, Jan! This is interesting.

So you seem to have an intuitive understanding of numbers and the math behind them? No visualization at all? Or are there on some kind of infinite line?

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