Yes... quite when considering he had an eye problem that he couldn't see in three dimensions. Reminds me of another instance. The eversion of a ball.
Can anyone turn a tennis ball inside out?
I have read there there was a kid who could do so. He plays with the ball and all of a sudden the ball is inside out. As he grew up the ability was lost.
Everyone thought this is mathematically impossible until a born blind mathematician provided with the maths proof that its possible.
What's more convincing is the fact that
``visualization'' goes far beyond the physical sense of sight.