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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.
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I love when apparently Deep questions turn out to have clear empirical answers.
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#The egg came first#The tree makes a sound cause that’s how sound works#And we should worry less about AI being evil and more about megacorps using AI to abuse us (vialeia_connor_vas_serenity)
I always liked the Pratchett take on the tree one:
One of the recurring philosophical questions is: ‘Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one to hear?’ Which says something about the nature of philosophers , because there is always someone in a forest. It may only be a badger, wondering what that cracking noise was, or a squirrel a bit puzzled by all the scenery going upwards, but someone.
solarpunkwobbly:
dgcatanisiri:
taciyet:
firebatvillain:
nentuaby:
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.
via reddit.com
I love when apparently Deep questions turn out to have clear empirical answers.
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-05-12
Lookin’
#The egg came first#The tree makes a sound cause that’s how sound works#And we should worry less about AI being evil and more about megacorps using AI to abuse us (via
leia_connor_vas_serenity)I always liked the Pratchett take on the tree one:
One of the recurring philosophical questions is: ‘Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one to hear?’ Which says something about the nature of philosophers , because there is always someone in a forest. It may only be a badger, wondering what that cracking noise was, or a squirrel a bit puzzled by all the scenery going upwards, but someone.