Comment by goatlover
5 days ago
We know that others do not experience the exact same sensations, because there are reported differences, some of which has been discussed on HN, such as aphantasia. The opposite would be visual thinkers. Then you have super tasters and smellers, people who have very refined palats, perhaps because their gustary and/or oilfactory senses are more heightened. Then you have savants like the musical genius who would hear three separate strands of music in his head at the same time.
Absolutely - I have aphantasia myself, and did assume for 40+ years that my experience was like everyone elses, but I didn't want to make the argument more complex. It's indeed correct that we have often assumed we think the same way but have reasonable reason now to think that isn't actually true. But it still feel reasonable to accept that we're probably close enough. But still, we absolutely can't prove it.