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One way to think of scientific instruments: like telescopes, microscopes, voltmeters is that they are extensions of our senses.
by gerbilly 7y ago
One way to think of scientific instruments: like telescopes, microscopes, voltmeters is that they are extensions of our senses.
- hhs 7y agoI agree, thanks for the note.
- JackFr 7y agoBut the reality of them is that they are not extensions of our senses, so much as compressors of experience. That is they map a broader reality into our limited sensate experience. When we use them we have to remember that the map is not the territory, and we have to be especially careful about artifacts they may introduce.