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Blind Man Navigates Obstacle Maze Unaided

Posted by samzenpus on from the matthew-murdock dept.

iammani writes "The NYTimes runs a story about a blind man (blind because of a damaged visual cortex) successfully navigating an obstacle maze, unaided. Scientists have shown for the first time that it is possible for people who are blinded because of damage to the visual (striate) cortex can navigate by 'blindsight,' through which they can detect things in their vicinity without being aware of seeing them."

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  1. ospt irstf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    psto fsirt?

  2. Huh. by ScrewMaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it is possible for people who are blinded because of damage to the visual (striate) cortex can navigate by "blindsight", through which they can detect things in their vicinity without being aware of seeing them."

    Yeah okay ... that's kind of creepy.

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    1. Re:Huh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      wat

  3. It's Ch'i energy by lena_10326 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We sense it. We transmit it. Assuming we've solved all the mysteries of the body is naive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch'i

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  4. BSD's final Christmas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fact: *BSD is dying.

    "Spirit," said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, "tell me if *BSD will live."

    "I see a vacant seat," replied the Ghost, "in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, *BSD will die."

    "No, no," said Scrooge. "Oh, no, kind Spirit! say it will be spared."

    "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race," returned the Ghost, "will find him here. What then? If it be like to die, it had better do it, and decrease the surplus operating system population."

    Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief. It was sad to see any operating system die, even one so obviously flawed and useless as *BSD.

    God bless us, every one.

  5. Bring 'em on! by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let the G. W. Bush jokes roll!

      -1 Trollcular

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