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Is there an expert who could explain what's novel here ? The layman summary seems to imply specialists are surprised that people judge distance differently whi
by brmgb 6y ago
Is there an expert who could explain what's novel here ?
The layman summary seems to imply specialists are surprised that people judge distance differently which seem crazy to me. I mean we have known for decades that vision is the result of a complex process involving different parts of the visual system and that people results on tasks involving mainly vision (and coordination admittedly) vary.
What's the surprising part here ?
- nomoreusernames 6y agothe why
- reportgunner 6y agoDid they forget to say why in the article ? I couldn't find it.
- gchamonlive 6y agoNot only that, Kant himself structured the idea of the world outside our field of experience in a critique of pure reason. Since then the idea that our experience is a perfect one and that all our ideas come from our experience has been questioned. This is why when the interviewed said "We assume our perception is a perfect reflection of the physical world around us" it was really strange for me. Only those unaware of hundreds of years of advance in philosophy assume that. And this highlights possibly a field that is very much lacking in science, the critique of thought itself.
- slfnflctd 6y ago> Only those unaware of hundreds of years of advance in philosophy assume that So then, nearly all children, and most of your average working-class people? Seems to me the author was just tailoring the piece for a layperson audience, which is kinda the default writing approach.
- ta1234567890 6y agoI would say even a lot of very educated people, despite maybe having read about these topics, will still feel and act as if what they are perceiving is reality itself. I'm actually very surprised to see so many comments here dismissing the article as something almost obvious.
- gchamonlive 6y agothat is because this thread is about a scientific publication in a respectable university site, it suffers a different level of scrutiny.
- gchamonlive 6y agoIt really makes more sense as a rethorical and argumentative artifact. I guess I misinterpreted the purpose of that statement.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThe scientists are trying to determine why we judge distance differently, and found that each individual will consistently have problems with particular areas in their field of sight. They think this is a result of various imperfections forming when your eyes connected to your brain.