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> While humans don’t have these kinds of sensory systems (He's talking about sensing the 3D environment using electric fields) I wonder whether binaural heari
by denton-scratch 3y ago
> While humans don’t have these kinds of sensory systems
(He's talking about sensing the 3D environment using electric fields)
I wonder whether binaural hearing is such a sensory system. You can blindfold someone, then lead them into a space. They can tell whether they're outdoors, or in a small, bare room, or a concert hall, or a room with furniture and drapes. Perhaps they can tell whether they're near or far from a wall, and in which direction.
- bregma 3y agoA sighted person who is not blindfolded can do the same thing, relying on reconstructing their 3D environment from the way electromagnetic radiation affects the rhodopsin in their retinas rather than the movement of hairs in their cochlea due to air pressure changes over time, and integrating the differences between a spatially separate pair of detectors.