I’m not asking them to copy it exactly. I just want them to put everything where it should be.
A better example is probably a bicycle. Everyone knows what a bicycle looks like. Ask someone with a great “mind’s eye” to draw one with all the parts in the right place. I haven’t tested it, but my guess is that they’d struggle.
What I find interesting about those (I've seen something very similar before, maybe even that set) is that people don't bother to be informed by the obvious inability of the device they drew to function.
A better example is probably a bicycle. Everyone knows what a bicycle looks like. Ask someone with a great “mind’s eye” to draw one with all the parts in the right place. I haven’t tested it, but my guess is that they’d struggle.