I don't think this has been addressed in the thread, so I'll mention it here. I heard once that some people have no trouble at all visualizing a room or other general location from a much different angle than they would normally see it (such as from a bird's-eye-view or looking up from the floor), whereas others couldn't do it if their life depended on it (please ignore the fact that that expression makes no sense at all). I've always been able to visualize things from absurd angles. Right now I just visualized this room, which I've lived in for maybe a week and a half, from the ceiling, and I'm pretty certain I did it quite accurately.

Are any of you in the other group, the people who couldn't do this at all? I'm curious as to whether it might have something to do with what sort of person you are. Not necessarily what type of learner you are, but what type of thinker. I tend to perceive things visually, like Brunnen-G, except that I can handle a change in the environment I'm trying to navigate, and usually I can find my way in any direction rather than just one.

-Eric Sleator
Tue 9 Apr A.D. 2002