Tag: senses
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Seeing? No. Just thinking. Think about it.
Is seeing a planet with your own eyes the same as seeing it via scientific analysis? (1, 2) It is an uncomfortable truth, but we must always remember that we do not actually see. We just... think. And no experience of importance is experienced via (sensory) data. Look at these diagrams again. Their silence is…
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We are part of the One... We can sense everything!
Wrinkles as small as 10μm in width can be detected by humans with touch. (1, 2) We are made from the same "something" from which the world is made of. The real question is why can't we detect everything with our senses? What is that something that limits us? Not from a physical point of…
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I hear you... I hear you... YES, I see you!
"I told my daughter her living room TV was out of sync. Then I noticed the kitchen telly was also dubbed badly. Suddenly I noticed that her voice was out of sync too. It wasn't the TV, it was me." PH is the first confirmed case of someone who hears people speak before registering the…
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Rubber hand, "reality", perception…
First demonstrated over 14 years ago, the rubber hand illusion has proven a valuable tool for investigating how the brain combines information from different senses – including proprioception, the body's sense of its own position – to create our sense of bodily ownership. Fifteen volunteers took part in an experiment in which one of their…
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Bending light…
Bend the light. Hide objects. (1, 2) Now you see me. Now you don't. Seems so crude. But so real at the same time…
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