Act now and you too can see as well as a bat!

52 points

Still more evidence that Daredevil’s superpower isn’t being able to navigate using echolocation, but to be able to take a beating (which he inherited from his father).

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Daredevils power is world on fire.

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OK, so how can I learn it?

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From the article:

“The researchers trained 14 sighted and 12 blind people for between two and three hours twice a week over 10 weeks. They started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks, then trained them on three tasks. The first two involved judging the size or orientation of objects. The third involved navigating virtual mazes, which participants moved through with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions.”

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Yes, I read the article. How does the training work?

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Well, they started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks. Then they did exercises judging the size or orientation of objects, and they also had them move around with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions.

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They probably bumped into walls a lot, until they learmed

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10 weeks

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This was kind of cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsg81Tn3s28 I didn’t like the first wall example because the clicking cadence changes, but the field and trees were very clear

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It’s a stretch to say “anyone can learn echolocation” but kudos to those who’ve mastered this technique. I’ve always found this fascinating.

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Tell me hooooow

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A lot of practice, our brains are really good at figuring out sensory info

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