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It's crazy how much variation there is, person-to-person, in our ability to use our .

It's even crazier how much this affects our . Especially when it comes to imagining what other people are going through and empathizing with them. I swear there's a direct correlation between ability to and support of for all.

But it also seems to affect other bizarre things. Ever noticed that more imaginative people love certain types of (like cringe), but only in short doses? It can be fun to live the embarrassment in your mind from a safe viewing distance, but it overwhelms quickly.

A close friend has a very utilitarian imagination. He can imagine how a bookshelf fits together. He can imagine a lion. He can imagine a fish. But ask him to imagine a fish-lion hybrid and he'll just give you a blank look. The revelation of just how differently our imaginations worked was shocking to me.

As much as I like to exercise my imagination, I can't even imagine the person I would be with a less active imagination.

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