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Re: Physics Myth (?) #1



On Fri. 20 Apr 2000, Wes Davis wrote:

The film documenting this experiment is shown to our
biology students each year. It's an amazing experiment
showing that the inversion is an acquired response, rather
than being hard-wired. Who would have thought to ask
the question??? Amazing.

But to be more precise scientifically, is this not simply a demonstration
that our brains can stop inverting an image it receives and not a
demonstration that the initial capability is not hard-wired?

(Just in case you did not see the original question by Tom Sandin, the
experiment in question is that of the brain eventually stopping inverting
images seen by a person who has been outfitted with an optical devise that
inverts the images before the image enters the eye.)

Richard
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