People with synesthesia, we don’t really notice until someone brings it up and then someone else says, “Well, no, I don’t see colors when I hear music,” and that’s when you realize something’s different.īut if you go up and you look, you’ll realize that most genius mathematicians, they’re synesthetes. But is there one in real life right there in front of you? No. If I tell everyone right now to picture a red truck, you’re gonna see one. You have no idea what you’re seeing in your mind if you don’t really take the time to talk about it. Now, to some people, it’s like, “Oh, that’s crazy.” But let me explain something to you. You’re seeing colors when you’re hearing sounds? So when you’re hearing music, you see it in color. What do you mean? What is that like? What are you experiencing that I might not be? Sometimes some of them stay stuck together, and for a visual and auditorial synesty, it just means that the visual nerve ending and the auditorial nerve ending are still connected. And then they prune, right? So all of your sensory nerve endings are kind of connected, as I understand it, and then they sort of prune when you’re, like, 1. And all it is is where - when you’re born, your nerve endings are, sort of, all melded together, if you will. And there’s a lot of people who are not necessarily - they’re undiscovered artists, and they have it, too. What is that?įirst of all, let’s dispel the connotation behind the phrase “medical condition.” Most artists have it. And I wanted to ask - you have a medical condition called synesthesia. You talk about your mind working like a painter. This is just a snippet of much longer radio interview. Please also read the site-wide Reddiquette.Singer, songwriter, and producer Pharrell Williams discusses his experience with chromesthesia, or sound-color synesthesia. Please avoid reposting TILs that have already made the front page in the past on YouTube)Īdd or tags to your posts, as necessary. Link to the appropriate start time when referencing videos (e.g. Link to the appropriate heading when referencing an article (particularly on Wikipedia) If you are interested in reading about the TILs on this list use the search box feature and enter the keywords to pull up past TILs.Īvoid mobile versions of websites (e.g. The purpose is to keep content fresh on /r/todayilearned as requested by its members. The titles have been abridged for the sake of brevity, however the context remains the same. If your TIL is found on this list, it will be removed.
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