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.

nentuaby: I love when apparently Deep questions turn out to have clear empirical answers.

  • stolid_agnostic
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    I feel certain that I read an article about this in the 90s. But nice that it’s confirmed.