Friday Question #67 [18]Comments on: http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/ Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Noelle http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-11433 Noelle Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:55:15 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-11433 I was born blind, so I never had site. Don't get me wrong, I'm always for good technological advances, but I would not ever consider having anything implanted or attached that would give me artificial vision. First of all, there's the risk, (what if it just doesn't work in the first place?) What if it malfunctions along the way? Second, there's the research that having a sight restoration procedure, (after someone has been blind all their life,) is extremely confusing. the brain isn't use to vision, and thus, can't comprehend what it's seeing. It's a bit outdated, but here's a link to the study: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/soc/sightregained.htm I was born blind, so I never had site. Don’t get me wrong, I’m always for good technological advances, but I would not ever consider having anything implanted or attached that would give me artificial vision. First of all, there’s the risk, (what if it just doesn’t work in the first place?) What if it malfunctions along the way? Second, there’s the research that having a sight restoration procedure, (after someone has been blind all their life,) is extremely confusing. the brain isn’t use to vision, and thus, can’t comprehend what it’s seeing. It’s a bit outdated, but here’s a link to the study: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/soc/sightregained.htm

]]> By: Rachel http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10449 Rachel Wed, 27 May 2009 13:10:38 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10449 That is amazing! I agree with you. "Feel" would be a difficult one to give up, when you think about it, but I still think I would choose sight. That is amazing!

I agree with you. “Feel” would be a difficult one to give up, when you think about it, but I still think I would choose sight.

]]> By: Imogen http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10447 Imogen Wed, 27 May 2009 07:35:42 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10447 I"m totally with you on this one... Smell would definately be it! It is the only one I can even start to think about not having... I”m totally with you on this one…
Smell would definately be it! It is the only one I can even start to think about not having…

]]> By: Hotch Potchery http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10432 Hotch Potchery Tue, 26 May 2009 23:50:10 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10432 I laughed at this question, because one of the biggest arguments I have had with my sister in years was over this VERY question...which would you give up and I said sight, because I love food too much to sacrifice tastes or smells, and I like music too much to give up hearing. She was APPALLED and thought smell for sure. I laughed at this question, because one of the biggest arguments I have had with my sister in years was over this VERY question…which would you give up and I said sight, because I love food too much to sacrifice tastes or smells, and I like music too much to give up hearing.

She was APPALLED and thought smell for sure.

]]> By: Amy http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10428 Amy Tue, 26 May 2009 15:42:39 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10428 Losing sight and sound would be awful. But touch might be the worst. I like to feel hugs and cuddle! Losing sight and sound would be awful. But touch might be the worst. I like to feel hugs and cuddle!

]]> By: suze http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10427 suze Tue, 26 May 2009 13:52:50 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10427 I think losing my ability to hear would be worse (but only slightly) for me than losing my sight. Music is more important to me than most else when it comes down to it. However, I'd give up smell without a fight really... I think losing my ability to hear would be worse (but only slightly) for me than losing my sight. Music is more important to me than most else when it comes down to it.

However, I’d give up smell without a fight really…

]]> By: Nat http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10420 Nat Tue, 26 May 2009 01:19:58 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10420 Hmmmm... I think I'm with you on smell -- that can go. (And Kyra has a great point.) Hmmmm…
I think I’m with you on smell — that can go. (And Kyra has a great point.)

]]> By: E http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10412 E Sun, 24 May 2009 21:03:39 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10412 Great question and great observation! I see blind people walking the streets of Chicago, often without a dog or other assistance - just a cane. They usually walk about the same pace as the rest of us and somehow manage to find their way around. I don't know how they do it, but I'm always amazed; I could never do without my sight as they do. So much of our world is a visual one... I don't know any blind people or even legally-blind people. But I have had eye surgery, and sometimes think about how much I couldn't stand blindness. One of my dreams of technological advance is that one day we will be able to create useful bionic eyes. In fact, <a HREF="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=bionic-eye-restores-vision-after-th-2009-03-04" rel="nofollow">it's already been done - except, the best we can do in retinal-neuronal wiring is to permit the user to distinguish dark from light-colored areas</A>. Still, it's nice to know that going naturally-blind no longer means being fully-unable to see again. :-) Great question and great observation! I see blind people walking the streets of Chicago, often without a dog or other assistance – just a cane. They usually walk about the same pace as the rest of us and somehow manage to find their way around. I don’t know how they do it, but I’m always amazed; I could never do without my sight as they do. So much of our world is a visual one…

I don’t know any blind people or even legally-blind people. But I have had eye surgery, and sometimes think about how much I couldn’t stand blindness. One of my dreams of technological advance is that one day we will be able to create useful bionic eyes. In fact, it’s already been done – except, the best we can do in retinal-neuronal wiring is to permit the user to distinguish dark from light-colored areas.

Still, it’s nice to know that going naturally-blind no longer means being fully-unable to see again. :-)

]]> By: PwD-SD-Awareness http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10403 PwD-SD-Awareness Sat, 23 May 2009 15:21:40 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10403 If you ask a blind person many may say being deaf. But if you ask a deaf person many will come back and say sight. But if you ask a person without these two disabilities many would say neither. I would say it's hard to actually walk in another person's shoes per say. As a person that is legally blind with no depth perception I could say that I see the landscapes much clearer then many with sight. Have you ever just closed your eyes and really listen to the landscape. Hear the birds a singing, the wind whistling through the trees, the crickets and the bull frogs giving the beat to the music. Nature music that is. My deaf friend listens to music in a whole different way with the vibration from the various sounds. So there is always music just a different way to look or listen to it. Same with sight. Not sure if I would go with smell because smell alerts you to some dangers before actually getting close. It may be great not to have the smell when around restaurants so your body doesn't decide to tell you it's time to eat as I could loose some weight! Grins. Sorry just couldn't really pick as I already have multiple disabilities that I was dealt with. Although I am not dead and as the saying goes if you have lemons make lemonade. LOL. If you ask a blind person many may say being deaf. But if you ask a deaf person many will come back and say sight. But if you ask a person without these two disabilities many would say neither. I would say it’s hard to actually walk in another person’s shoes per say.

As a person that is legally blind with no depth perception I could say that I see the landscapes much clearer then many with sight. Have you ever just closed your eyes and really listen to the landscape. Hear the birds a singing, the wind whistling through the trees, the crickets and the bull frogs giving the beat to the music. Nature music that is. My deaf friend listens to music in a whole different way with the vibration from the various sounds. So there is always music just a different way to look or listen to it. Same with sight.

Not sure if I would go with smell because smell alerts you to some dangers before actually getting close. It may be great not to have the smell when around restaurants so your body doesn’t decide to tell you it’s time to eat as I could loose some weight! Grins.

Sorry just couldn’t really pick as I already have multiple disabilities that I was dealt with. Although I am not dead and as the saying goes if you have lemons make lemonade. LOL.

]]> By: Ren http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/friday-question-67/#comment-10398 Ren Sat, 23 May 2009 04:43:29 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=2893#comment-10398 Right there with you, definitely keep sight and give up smell first. Though I could almost see giving up taste first, since it's not that useful without smell anyway. Right there with you, definitely keep sight and give up smell first. Though I could almost see giving up taste first, since it’s not that useful without smell anyway.

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