Comments on: Blind Man Navigates an Obstacle Course Using Only “Blindsight” http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/22/blind-man-navigates-an-obstacle-course-using-only-blindsight/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:36:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rod http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/22/blind-man-navigates-an-obstacle-course-using-only-blindsight/comment-page-1/#comment-16404 Rod Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:07:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/22/blind-man-navigates-an-obstacle-course-using-only-blindsight/#comment-16404 If he has blindsight, then so do I. The lesson is that there is visual information coming "at me" or "into me" besides what I am conscious of. What must it be like to walk around things without being conscious of them? What is he paying attention to, if not "sensations" ? If he has blindsight, then so do I.

The lesson is that there is visual information coming “at me” or “into me” besides what I am conscious of.

What must it be like to walk around things without being conscious of them? What is he paying attention to, if not “sensations” ?

]]> By: Gordon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/22/blind-man-navigates-an-obstacle-course-using-only-blindsight/comment-page-1/#comment-16253 Gordon Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:59:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/22/blind-man-navigates-an-obstacle-course-using-only-blindsight/#comment-16253 Hi. Good news. Hi. Good news.

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