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This is a problem I have with a lot of modern technology, I feel like we risk losing touch with ourselves. The example you give is exactly what I'm talking abo
by carapace 5y ago
This is a problem I have with a lot of modern technology, I feel like we risk losing touch with ourselves.
The example you give is exactly what I'm talking about: You already know which direction you're facing, if you take the time to learn how to notice your own internal information. You already have magnetic sensors in your head.
(E.g. https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-a-human-magnetic-sense-that-lets-your-brain-detect-the-earths-magnetic-field-113536 https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-a-human-magneti... )
I've found that it's relatively easy to develop one's capabilities to be able to do things like: always know what time it is, always know where you are and your orientation, remember things, etc.
I think it would be a shame to replace human faculties with machines, like using a wheelchair even though your legs work fine and then after awhile your legs atrophy and are no longer fine, y'know? I worry that we are doing that to our brains.
- ncmncm 5y agoAnything that continuously reminds you consciously of your spatial orientation should help in training you to use your innate sense. Then you can turn off the clicks at cardinal points, and leave only the "that way to my campsite" click.