here's the thread with the blind TA i was just talking about

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=222854

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Originally posted by Mebot here's the thread with the blind TA i was just talking about http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=222854

I remember that thread. I didnt respond because I couldnt decide. Come to think of it I still cant.

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Originally posted by Lira I think the way the forums are designed (with its extensive use of tables) would make it extremely annoying for a blind person to browse.

I would also agree however us vision people dont understand how powerful blind people become.

For instance my drive up ATM has those dots on the numbers for blind people to know what numbers they are pressing THE DRIVE UP ATM.

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Originally posted by est Yup - people who have had the occipital lobe removed/damaged still respond subconciously to visual stimuli. They have no awareness of what they've seen, but visual phenomena (such as fear conditioning) still occur. Scans show that subcortical areas are acivated. This means that there are visual pathways buried deep in the brain (much deeper than the relatively recently evolved occipital lobe) that bypass the occipital lobe and communicate with other brain areas, despite no concious knowledge of the percepts. Everyone, including seemingly blind people do this. It's called blindsight and admittedly has nothing to do with dreams but I just think its pretty cool.

yea if your occipial lobe is removed you will still have....hehe, hoe I spell this right, Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) activity. This is where the opponent process theory of color vision takes place. It off on the side of the hypothalamus, so it is subcortical.

The thing about vision that amazes me is that 70 -80% (I think I got those numbers right) of what we see, is based off communicatino from the occipital lobe to the LGN, meaning, your brain is just going off old info for the most part.

So, what would LSD do for a blind person?

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Originally posted by guster So, what would LSD do for a blind person?

it'd make him trip balls

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Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000 For instance my drive up ATM has those dots on the numbers for blind people to know what numbers they are pressing THE DRIVE UP ATM.

yeah i don't understand that either.

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Originally posted by guster So, what would LSD do for a blind person?

that's another good question: do blind ppl take drugs, and how they trip ?

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Originally posted by Mebot there was a blind TA, i had a discussion with him/her and i was asking about how they were able to post and read other posts. for all i know i couldve been taken for a piss, but it seemed genuine enough for me And yes blind people can dream... but only in black & white.