When Blindsight is 20/20
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Published 2020-02-06
Hosted by: Brit Garner
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All Comments (21)
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Consciousness is such a weird and complicated thing everybody takes for granted.
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The biggest surprise is that we had to go this long into the current year to find a 20/20 pun.
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Blindsight is also the title (and core concept) behind a hard science fiction first contact novel by Peter Watts. Very imaginative, kind of frightening, and some exceedingly neuroatypical characters. Highly recommended.
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People with cortical-blindness can also catch stuff thrown to them… but don't go throwing stuff at blind people.
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Who needs Darkvision when you can get Blindsight?
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I had a weird episode when I was three where I thought I was blind for a few minutes and started to freak out. I stumbled downstairs with my hands out feeling my way and stumbled over shoes by the front door. I was screaming and crying that I couldn't see but I could. I just thought and acted like I couldn't and it was really scary. I have no idea why this happened but this video reminds me of that.
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Now I’m remembering when Spongebob could only drive while blindfolded
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Well, that was an unsettling statement to end on. Thanks Britt!
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Going blind is one of my biggest fears
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well. I didn't need THAT question on my mind at the end there lol
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This reminds me of that guy who could clearly see, but his brain wasn't able to connect the lines to separate objects or humans. He just learned to recognize line patterns by heart.
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2:17 TN didn't have blindsight, the patient just has ultra instinct
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0:32, I completely misheard when you said “rhesus monkey” - I thought you said “racist monkey” so I was wondering how on earth they found out it was racist 😂
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It's called.... the FORCE.
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So if a person with blindsight sees something scary, like say a threatening dog, would they feel fear without knowing why they’re afraid? Because their amygdala is getting that fear signal?
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No animals were harmed in the making of ...... Nevermind.
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This made me think of the way Molly Burke responds to visual cues so well during conversation despite not being able to "see" them.
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5:31 I think there's a previous draft of the scipt lefto-over in the subtitles or something XD
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Off the wall, but a genuine experience... I can "see" (occasionally) when my eyes are closed. Not clear vision, more shadowy,. Dark on dark, really. But I've been able to lay my hands on things in the dark or with my eyes closed for years... But not when I'm blindfolded. So it would seem I'm seeing through my eyelids? I often wondered...
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Many times, when something falls on my peripheral vision, I grab it way before consciously knowing what is happening.
