Is everyone here this credulous? The website even claims it increases your IQ, which is extremely dubious, to say the least.
Rubbing your eyes doesnt make you not aphantasic, any more than looking at a bright lightbulb for a few seconds or unblinkingly staring at a single image on a bright tv for a few minutes (which is actually more effective if you want to clearly see colorful and bright shapes with closed eyes -- doesnt change your minds eye, which is different), and whats worse is that it will damage your eye!
I think the important part of the technique is talking about what you see, not the actual act of seeing things. He talks about creating brain pathways between the visual and linguistic parts of your brain.
The technique was passed down from a self-help practitioner and credited to someone with PhD ... sceptitismometer should be high about claims like that. That said if it works to help photography that is a good usage and no harm in trying. If they start saying this helps cure cancer then run.
Yeah it sounds very scam-like. But it does make me think: IQ tests are basically all about rotating coloured things in your mind. I wonder if being able to visualize them in your head, instead of having to manipulate them with words and algebra like I do, does influence the results.
Rubbing your eyes doesnt make you not aphantasic, any more than looking at a bright lightbulb for a few seconds or unblinkingly staring at a single image on a bright tv for a few minutes (which is actually more effective if you want to clearly see colorful and bright shapes with closed eyes -- doesnt change your minds eye, which is different), and whats worse is that it will damage your eye!