Blind people do not see. Seems pretty obvious, no? Wrong.

When asked what they think a blind person sees, most people (and probably most of you) answer total blackness or darkness. Sadly, that's not the case, or at least usually isn't (I say usually because people who become blind often retain memory of vision and see blackness instead). A blind person sees nothing. They have no sensation of sight.There's no blackness of any kind. There isn't anything.

I hope your mind is sufficiently blown.

If not: The brain named itself. Courtesy of mmmspeedy.

The brain is the one thing the brain can not understand.

We are atoms trying to learn all about other atoms.

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there are different degrees of blindness.
you can still see and be legally blind

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fun fact today i just dreamed i had a blind girlfriend :3

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The OP is narrowing a broad topic, but interesting observation anyway.

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My Brain hurts :O...

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http://www.youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP Just a youtube channel near this topic

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Wait. Do blind people see grey and not black?

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Lazy to click. Born blind or became?

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"It"?

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Mind wasn't blown. Old discussion is old.

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I think I already knew that, but still it's interesting to think about it.

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I actually read a lot about this, have to do a presentation for school about how the brains sees the reality. I love that topic!
I mean, like everything you though you know, EVERYTHING is fucking wrong. You think you control yourself, right? Fucking wrong. The brain controls you. And it works very often against you. And do you think you see everything around you? Nope, only maybe 1% or less, for the rest, the brain is just too dumb/doesn't feel like using the infos. Or do you think what you see is the reality? Nope again. It's just what your brains sees. You look at your table (mine is brown, so yours has to be too!) and you see it's brown. IS it brown? No, you just see it as brown!
Well these are some shit a lot of you might knew before, and well I am bored, but well, it's only a bit what we "know" about the brain or reality. Oh and how can we understand the world, the "reality" if we even can't look at the littlest Stuff?

Like helium atoms. If you want to see them under a microscope, you have to use light, right? In Light is made of Photons. If a Photon hits a Helium atom, they move. So you'll never see them how they are, you just see them moving and in the wrong place. Nice work nature, we all love you for not letting us understand. Bitch.

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DAMMIT PHOTONS.

And yeah that's why its hard to get off your ass and do something. You can't control yourself. You can only try and convince your brain with your thoughts.

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Potato.

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That's a big number.

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I am prepared to get something else blown, if you would oblige.

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Well if you insist... zip

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why would you people necro old threads ??

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It was started 5 days ago, someone did a 3 day necro. That's hardly a necro.

Why would you people bump old threads?

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so its like they are seeing beyond the universe?

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The brain is the one thing the brain can not understand.

It has been said if the brain were simple enough for us to understand, we wouldn't have the brainpower to understand it.

That won't always be the case, I'm sure, but it's an apt way to put it with today's technology.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP

This channel is pretty cool, it's a guy who's been blind his entire life who talks about his experiences in his videos, he has a good sense of humor and keeps things light so it's always entertaining and educational =)

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That's some strong stuff you're smoking there. Hope it's legal where you are. :p

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Watch Tommy Edison http://www.youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP he is a blind person and he describes how it's like to be a blind person..

He is a movie critic too! :D

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Watch Tommy Edison http://www.youtube.com/user/TommyEdisonXP he is a blind person and he describes how it's like to be a blind person..

He is a movie critic too! :D

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