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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: 4D Visualization (If you think you do it, you probably don't)
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Date: 10 Feb 90 16:24:36 GMT
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eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes:

|Sure.  No one will disagree, but that's why we have microscopes, telescope,
|lenses, Gieger counters, and whole slews of scientific instruments.
|Bottom line: visualization just does not go far enough.

Ultimately, we may be able to expand our ability to visualize in more than
the usual 2 or 3 dimensions. Imagine in the future a child using a direct
brain input device. Much like someone learning two languages from childhood,
it may be possible to adapt the brain to seeing (read: perceiving) in ways
we can't now understand.

Sean
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