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Arnoldas
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We know that our eardrums only resonate within certain frequencies in sound. I am just wondering if it is possible, somehow, to alter our eardrums so they could resonate with sound of a wider frequency bandwidth.(Surgery? Connecting our hearing organs to some external electronic device?)
Granted that we have managed to do that, would our brains be able to learn the new signals coming in and apreciating it as new sounds? Would these new sounds be an alien experience to a normal person? Could we hear a richer music (taking dubstep to a new level)?
What about learning the ultrasound? Could we then learn echolocation like bats?(i asume here that ultrasound is somehow special for echolocation to occur)
Since we've touched upon it, could we do something similar with light? Adding new visual input to our brain, so we maybe could learn to "see" infrared for example. I could be half a superhero, seeing warm objects in the night and locating position with ultrasound.
Try to answer these questions and feel free to correct if they are based on false assumptions. Add new ideas if inspired. Thanks :)
Granted that we have managed to do that, would our brains be able to learn the new signals coming in and apreciating it as new sounds? Would these new sounds be an alien experience to a normal person? Could we hear a richer music (taking dubstep to a new level)?
What about learning the ultrasound? Could we then learn echolocation like bats?(i asume here that ultrasound is somehow special for echolocation to occur)
Since we've touched upon it, could we do something similar with light? Adding new visual input to our brain, so we maybe could learn to "see" infrared for example. I could be half a superhero, seeing warm objects in the night and locating position with ultrasound.
Try to answer these questions and feel free to correct if they are based on false assumptions. Add new ideas if inspired. Thanks :)