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As alien as this video is, I must say it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen as it directly represents the power of human knowledge. If I would

As alien as this video is, I must say it's one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen as it directly represents the power of human knowledge. If I would fit into that camera's case, I would give anything to watch something like this in person.

MiguelHudnandez 13y ago
You'd just see some blinding white light for a few seconds and then maybe nothing else for the rest of your life. Our human eyes and brains limit us from perceiving even everyday things with the majesty they deserve. Even popping water balloons looks amazing in high speed video. On YouTube, there is a community of people doing silly things with high speed cameras that makes for stimulating watching: Smarter Every Day: weird glass phenomenon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs Smarter Every Day: cat righting itself in midair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWbpyjJqrU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWbpyjJqrU Lots of high speed videos http://m.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys http://m.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys
- xk_id 13y ago
  I wouldn't dismiss our perception as lacking majesty :) That would be very depressing. Subjectivity aside, however, you're right – what we experience is determined in part by the constrains of our nervous system and perception organs (remember the rapidly spinning fan blades that look like a disk?). But, this is just the conditions on life, a fact to which we need to adjust, for we cannot change it. It's also worth pointing out that for humans, this is where science comes in :) The slow motion videos illustrate very convincingly that we are always omitting data. I love them for that. One cannot watch them and not be persuaded into a sense of how unavoidably probabilistic our inferences are, as well as into a sense of wonderment and curiosity. They are both desirable responses, because they are key to sanity.

MiguelHudnandez 13y ago

You'd just see some blinding white light for a few seconds and then maybe nothing else for the rest of your life. Our human eyes and brains limit us from perceiving even everyday things with the majesty they deserve. Even popping water balloons looks amazing in high speed video. On YouTube, there is a community of people doing silly things with high speed cameras that makes for stimulating watching: Smarter Every Day: weird glass phenomenon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs Smarter Every Day: cat righting itself in midair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWbpyjJqrU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWbpyjJqrU Lots of high speed videos http://m.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys http://m.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys

xk_id 13y ago
I wouldn't dismiss our perception as lacking majesty :) That would be very depressing. Subjectivity aside, however, you're right – what we experience is determined in part by the constrains of our nervous system and perception organs (remember the rapidly spinning fan blades that look like a disk?). But, this is just the conditions on life, a fact to which we need to adjust, for we cannot change it. It's also worth pointing out that for humans, this is where science comes in :) The slow motion videos illustrate very convincingly that we are always omitting data. I love them for that. One cannot watch them and not be persuaded into a sense of how unavoidably probabilistic our inferences are, as well as into a sense of wonderment and curiosity. They are both desirable responses, because they are key to sanity.