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- From: jnewman@hamp.hampshire.edu
- Subject: New senses and Geordi's Eyes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.185521.1@hamp.hampshire.edu>
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- Sender: usenet@nic.umass.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Hampshire College
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:55:20 GMT
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- Well, I have to agree that the eyes do take in huge amounts of data and process
- it remarkably well. I think the human brain, though, can work at a much higher
- level than it generally does.
-
- In the article about the direct neural-visual implant, the thing that most
- sparked my imagination was the possibility for not only construction of
- replacement optical sensors, but addition of them as well. Why should we see
- in only three dimensions? With this technology, especially in cyberspace, we
- can see in all directions at once and process that information visually (one of
- the most sensitive and accurate senses we have available)
-
- The technology talked about here could obviously be used for other senses as
- well. Think about a piece of software that was know to have a fault in its
- code because it didn't taste right.
-
- And why stop there? Why not continue past our original five (six?) senses?
- After all, we have lots of spare grey matter, why not use it? We're humans.
- We adapt. We will learn to use new senses as easily as we can use those we now
- have.
-
- I'm currently reading Benedikt's "Cyberspace". Interesting stuff, and
- interestingly enough, I find Saint Gibson to be the leat visionary of all the
- authors.
-
- Write me mail.
- Grendel
-
-