tilthat: TIL a philosophy riddle from 1688 was recently solved. If a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability, distinguish those objects by sight alone? In 2003 five people had their sight restored though surgery, and, no they could not.

nentuaby: I love when apparently Deep questions turn out to have clear empirical answers.

  • Kyoyeou (Ki jəʊ juː)@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    I’m just going to write here, that there are different type of Blindness! For certain people like the ones from the article, there is something in the eye blocking vision of the outside, and we now have the capacity to take it off, restoring eyesight