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On the other hand, I have enough sensory overload as is, without tasting the EM field.
by lvncelot 5y ago
On the other hand, I have enough sensory overload as is, without tasting the EM field.
- himlion 5y agoThat is a good one, I wonder how our brains would manage it.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoProbably similar to how we already deal with it - shutting down, having a meltdown, seeking sensory isolation, etc. I mean most people already do this, by e.g. putting in some earbuds and looking at your phone / newspaper / middle distance while in public transit.
- neonihil 5y agoFor a demo version drop some acid. :)
- e_proxus 5y agoBrains are incredibly adaptive. There are tons of experiences where people have had diminished or lost access to one of the senses and recovered surprisingly well. I had a colleague once who had a stroke and described his vision afterwards as looking though splintered glass. After a while, he explained he didn’t perceive it anymore and that his brain just decided to “workaround” the issue making new connections where needed. I think having some “sense” of magnetic fields could be very subtle, like just a feeling of which direction you’re facing when you’re turning around (you could argue you already use the position of the sun this way, subconsciously). People into body mods who get a magnetic implant often describe it as a sixth sense [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_implant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_implant
- treeman79 5y agohttps://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/ocular-migraine.htm https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/ocular-migraine.ht... Ocular migraines will give the splintered glass effect. They are temporary however.
- snypher 5y agoWe can ask Grimes when she walks too close to an Ikea lamp.
- varjag 5y agoVisible light is also EM radiation, so I say you're good with it!
- slver 5y agoOne of the key functions of the mind is which aspects of input to pay attention to and which not to. So I wonder what sensory overload is. You can get sensory overload if there's environmental overload. But otherwise it's like the mind can't discriminate well enough.