• 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    An insect that sees ultraviolet light doesn’t see it how we see it

    It was showing a representation in the visible light spectrum of what the visor can detect

    the insect’s brain evolved to process insect’s available sensory input, so did human’s. so geordi would see exactly the same reducted picture that we see on the viewscreen, because that is the only thing our brain knows how to do.

    and you are still narrowing this discussion to subset of the facts. there is still the fact of visor being piece of technology that can be lost, malfunction, causes occasional pain and allows its wearer to be hacked by romulan intelligence. i don’t call that superior to my eyes.

    anyway, i don’t think we will progress further in this discussion, so until next time 🖖

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      the insect’s brain evolved to process insect’s available sensory input, so did human’s. so geordi would see exactly the same reducted picture that we see on the viewscreen, because that is the only thing our brain knows how to do.

      Incorrect. There have been humans born with an extra come in their eyes due to a mutation, and those people could see extra colours. There are people who get damaged lenses on their eyes that let them see a bit of ultraviolet.

      and you are still narrowing this discussion to subset of the facts. there is still the fact of visor being piece of technology that can be lost, malfunction, causes occasional pain and allows its wearer to be hacked by romulan intelligence. i don’t call that superior to my

      Yes. And there are ways in which it’s superior. Data called them superior too. It’s not wrong to call it superior.

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        Incorrect. There have been humans born with an extra come in their eyes due to a mutation, and those people could see extra colours. There are people who get damaged lenses on their eyes that let them see a bit of ultraviolet.

        there is no way to know what they see and how it differs from normal sight.

        Data called them superior too.

        yeah, this whole discussion started by me pointing this fact and the consequent contradiction. nice circle you have there.

        It’s not wrong to call it superior.

        the only person in the world who was qualified to decide that abandoned it as soon as he could. that makes it very wrong to call them superior.