| From: | Joshua James Harrison <harrij4@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Blind Deckers? |
| Date: | Mon, 21 Mar 1994 15:18:03 -0500 |
debated, but I'll take a stab in the dark... are we discussing whether a blind
person could be a decker? If they would be able to "see" the Matrix?
I would say that it depends on how/why the person is blind... if they are
blind due to damage to the eye, or a problem with the eye itself, then there
shouldn't be any reason that they wouldn't be able to see the Matrix, because
the part of the brain that processes visual information is still good - it
just isn't receiving any information from the eye... the neural link can be
connected to the visual center of the brain, generating the images there
(which I think is how the whole set-up works anyhow).
OTOH... if the problem lies in the brain, and that it can't process the visual
information (I've never heard of a situation like that, but it doesn't mean
that it can't happen), then I really don't know what could be done... beats
me...
Of course, all of this may have already been said... so forgive me if I've
repeated any ideas. As I said, I don't really know what's being discussed
here... oh well... until next time...
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