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If someone was born deaf and blind, what would they dream of? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 days ago by tazzy@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Almost certainly not. Touch is really just geared to detecting the presence or absence of vibration. I'd be surprised if you could get a double digit set of waveforms which could be reliably distinguished, let alone the endless combinations that make up normal hearing.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Interesting thank you for answering my question