Assuming they've always been blind, is it possible for them to understand the concept, or will it forever be a mystery to them?
2007-01-05 09:10:44 · 4 answers · asked by o_onanaki 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We believe that our brain only translates what our eyes see. Is what you see through your eyes the truth or is what you think through your thoughts the true reality of what we see? I think that our thoughts produce our reality which is than seen by your eyes. If not why does everyone have a different opinions on art, beauty etc?
2007-01-05 09:21:00 · answer #1 · answered by jetblack94 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You tell them that it's knowing the exact shape of the object and objects around it and distance and time it takes to get there before you move a muscle to get there, then show them examples through sound feeling and temperature.
Through sound, ask them if they hear an echo off of objects they are passing by with their stick they are tapping on the side walk. If they say yes, then tell them that is one way in which we see. There is no sound echo but an echo that comes in the form of something you can't hear.
If through feeling, it's best done at a distance through a special sceintific aparatus. A grid with electromagnetic pulses to define the shape of an object far away. For example:
One way was done with an entire grid attached to a chair that mimicked the movement of a burning flame through electrical impulses on the grid on a blind person's back.
Once the blind person felt the sensation of the flame, he was able to picture it in his mind. Not the color of course, not the 3-D either... but he was able to find out for the first time in his life, that the flame is not static (still)... that is is constantly in motion.
This fascinated him.
Through temperature you can explain color. Resources on how science is helping to explain site to the blind. .
2007-01-05 09:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They can understand the concept of sight, but it has to be explained in terms they can understand. I knew a blind woman who understood the idea of colour, but she related it to temperature. Blue was ice cold, red was really hot, orange and yellow were slightly les hot, green was tepid, pink was slightly warm and purple was both hot and cold at the same time. Her mother tried to explain colour every way and then had ended up dipping her hand in a bucket of ice water saying this feels blue and somehow the woman claimed she understood colour after that.
2007-01-05 09:16:45 · answer #3 · answered by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's why there are five senses.
a blind person has lost one sense: sight. but, of course, he has his four others. the most affective would be touch, smell, and hearing. a blind person can actually discover some of the world's treasures through one sense alone.
to describe sight to a blind person can be difficult. if i were to describe it, i would say "it's like touching, smelling, and hearing, but with much more detail and color. also, you use your eyes". its the best answer i can cope
2007-01-05 09:20:17 · answer #4 · answered by sleepykid 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋