1.) Seeing More Than Your Eye Does- This activity explains how you have big blindspots. Objects aren't visible beyond the optic nerve head, the hole in the photoreceptor sheet. I had to close my left eye and look at 2 objects on the screen. I started far away and moved closer. As I moved closer, the right object disappeared. It was in my blindspot. I learned that we all have blindspots. Nothing surprised me about what I have learned. I can apply what I have learned to my everyday life by being aware of my "blindspots." This doesn't change how I perceive the world.
2.) Hofstadter's Road Sign- This activity shows a road sign with blinking lights. The lights flash in two different corners first, then move to the appear at the other two corners. People can perceive this differently. For example, you can view the changing dots as "chasing" eachother around the sign. I learned that everyone can view the sign in their own unique way. This didn't surprise me. This applies to my life in that when I next see a road sign, I will look for all the different possible ways to view it. This didn't change the way that I interact with the world.
Two other things I have learned in this unit...1.) Each brain has " a mind of its own." Meaning, every person perceives things differently. That is what makes each and every human unique. and 2.) Organisms tend to live in colonies. Members of each group tend to have the same mannerisms. For example: ants live together and all act the same, where as humans have their families and act similarly. Now that I have learned this useful information, I view the world and brains the same as I always have.
The Man with Two Brains...technology today is so amazing. Who would've ever thought that someone could get their brain split in half and still function! I think it is awesome that the man can still function the same. He has some amazing new talents he can do though. Wowo.
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