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One of their examples about the balls appearing bigger when needing to hit then reminded me of something from a YouTube video [0] about our senses lying to us.
by akamoonknight 6y ago
One of their examples about the balls appearing bigger when needing to hit then reminded me of something from a YouTube video [0] about our senses lying to us. The example brought up in the video is how a hill appears steeper to us if we have a heavy backpack on!
Overall though, those were some cool new examples of eye limitations I hadn't heard of before, like the accumulation of laser light damage.
And yeah similar to other commenters, some of these could just as easily be explained as amazing adaptations required to work with the limited resources available in addition to a description as ugly hacks.
I guess the important part is just to hopefully become more aware of our limitations with the goal that that helps us maybe get a little better understanding of potential difficulties we all face.
[0] https://youtu.be/BMvgOjGPXyw https://youtu.be/BMvgOjGPXyw
- ars 6y ago> how a hill appears steeper to us if we have a heavy backpack on! I've reverse hacked this: When I'm tired and need to walk up a hill, I look straight down at the ground such that it appears horizontal, this makes it easier to walk.
- akamoonknight 6y agoCome to think of it, that's kinda sorta what I do to! Stare at the ground right ahead and just plow ahead. I always put it down to just saying well, doesn't really matter what's further ahead too much, just follow the path and we'll get there eventually. I like the idea of it as a reverse hack though. Gotta look up occasionally to enjoy/watch out for stuff though.