TIL about blindsight, a phenomenon by which visually blind people can apparently see or detect objects without using their visual cortex
TIL about blindsight, a phenomenon by which visually blind people can apparently see or detect objects without using their visual cortex
It was a footnote in an article I read about a monkey using blindsight and that there had been several experiments with humans proving blindsight existed and that surprised me. As a footnote.
There have been several experiments that indicate people can see without using their visual cortex.
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Also the name of one of the best sci fi novels ever written, which has references to the phenomenon
The trans humanist stuff was so cool to me. Designer vampires specifically designed for analysis and command. I love books where concepts are explained and you kinda get it, but definitely requires rereads. Anathem by Neal Stephenson is another one.
I read it earlier this year. Really interesting. Lots of commentary on what it means to have consciousness or intelligence, and on how we're affected by language and communication. Not sure I'd call it enjoyable though. I'm glad I read it, but I'm not sure I'd put it high on my reread list other than to be able to read the earlier stuff knowing what happens in the later stuff.
Ha, cool, I came across that cover while I was searching for more information on it, it's pretty good?
I've read it no less than 15 times, maybe more. I think I'm finally at the stage where I'm not picking up new stuff on rereads. Yeah. It's wild.
Read the flyleaf at the library, sounded impossibly corny. Thought it was time for some cheesy science fiction, get off the serious stuff. I was wrong. I was so wrong.
Oh fantastic. Wow, I'll read it, putting it on my list not
I'm assuming you're talking about the Peter Watts book, not the Robin cook book, right?
I used to read a lot of Robin Cook, and I was ringing a bell, but I'm assuming you're talking about the Peter Watts blindsight?