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handwriter

handwriter

Norway

May 7, 2013

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09:56 AM May 07 2013

handwriter

handwriter
Norway

What is reality, therefore, what is right vs wrong? For each species and individual member, sensory systems filter the sensory world to produce an idiosyncratic representation of what reality is -- or isn't. No one species, human or otherwise, has super capacity over other species in all sensory capacities. Were our visual receptors somewhat different, we would be able to see in the ultraviolet as well as the visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, as honeybees and
butterflies can. The receptors of the human ear respond to a wide range of sound waves, but elephants and bats can hear and produce sounds far below and above the range in which humans hear. In fact, in comparison with those of other animals, human sensory abilities are rather average.
Even our pet dogs have “superhuman” powers: they can detect odors, hear the low-range sounds of elephants, and see in the dark. We can hold up only our superior color -- if that. The point is, all that we see; all that we believe to be real is a limited sense of reality, so how can we judge anyone to be inferior or superior?