Paradise vs. Parasite

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How time flies that I have returned to this hive for the first time in 3 weeks. I watched the Isaac Lidsky video and did not realize he was blind until he told the audience, and only then did I see the walking stick he was holding. I loved the analogy of the backward swimming fish. I agree fully with Lidsky's view that firstly we all do lie to ourselves and secondly recognize the distinction between vision and seeing. Our sensory channels are a sum of what we feed into them, but what surprised me from Lidsky's account is the amount of resources our mind and body uses for what should be the power of sight. That also speaks to the act of shutting our eyes so we can become more cognoscente of our other senses. Learning to see is a terrific thing, but improving our sense ability is an even greater dimension. One way of appreciating that dimension is imagining a world that would cater for every need of disabled people - because such a world be a smarter world, because when we appreciate life from that lens, we appreciate the ability and not the disability - and ability is what we should be focusing on. Reply