Talk:Enhanced synesthesia

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Source/Explanation
According to Heroes Interactive, "Emma's ability is a form of synesthesia".

Pretty useless ability

It's useful only for hearing impaired people like Emma. AltesUTC CH

• Unless we find out that she can control the sound too. That wouldn't be useless at all.--Laudo 08:25, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
• I think Emma would completely disagree that this is a useless ability. :) But similarly, Peter's ability would be pretty useless if he were surrounded by people without abilities! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:48, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
  • Nah, he never would be alone. Because it's Heroes, a show about people with powers! AltesUTC CH
  • I have synesthesia. And as cool as it can be, it's not an ability it's still a disorder. So this article is completely wrong being an ability. I've never met anyone like that who has synesthesia like Emma. So I think we should take this out of the abilities section. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about here. --Jason Garrick 11:02, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
    • This article doesn't describe the real life phenomenon of being able to visualize sounds. It describes Emma's ability to visualize sounds. Its name comes from Heroes Interactive:Ink. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 12:29, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
      • Well unfortunately it is a real life phenomenon. A lot of people suffer from synesthesia. It's not just some cool thing. And it's a little insulting that Heroes is calling it this power. Like someone mentioned on this page, it should referred to has enhanced synesthesia or something. If a character blasts fire from the hands, would we call it enhanced memory? No. Because it's not the same thing. and even if the writer said that, we'd assume they made a mistake. As I said, this is a disorder. Not some kind of super power. I wish synesthesia was cool like that but, it's not. --Jason Garrick 13:37, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

Question

Because of the description Emma's friend gives, then if a character who hears light also be classified with this ability?--Laudo 08:25, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

• Possibly. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:48, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
  • No. Because it isn't a super power. --Jason Garrick 11:02, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
    • In the world of Heroes, it is. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 12:27, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
      • But even in the world of Heroes, it's addressed by Emma's doctor as a common condition among the impaired. Perhaps addressing this (or calling her ability "enhanced synesthesia"... or something less awkward sounding) might be in order. --Ricard Desi (t,c) 13:18, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
      • Maybe we're looking at this wrong. Anyone with synthesia can see sound, but how many synthesics in real life can use those sights to perfectly play an instrument for the first time? I think we need to delve a bit deeper by finding out exactly what her ability does. Either by asking in an interview, or simply waiting for next week. --Piemanmoo 13:25, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
      • thanks pieman. I think that is a great idea. We synestetes can not play instruments upon sight. lol. that's just silly. Even though I play violin I've been playing for twelve years!! lol. --Jason Garrick 13:40, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

Sound visualization

This sounds to me like Emma makes sound waves visible for others, that's why the name doesn't fit. Yet synesthesia sounds wrong as well - it's a condition in real life, and it isn't exactly what Heroes Interactive said. "A form of synesthesia". It's not the same. I think. AltesUTC CH

• I agree that it's not the best name...but it's the best source we have right now. Hopefully we'll get more information about it next week. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 12:30, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

Just think of this:

the doctor said that loads of people who are deaf or blind have syesthesia, does this mean that they all have a power? --mc_hammark 12:37, 29 September 2009 (EDT)