EPTWhat if Everyone was Blind - Page 5
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Ryps
Romania2740 Posts
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thezanursic
5484 Posts
On February 06 2012 16:05 Proseat wrote: There'd be a lot more dates.  Do you mean blind dates? Trololol. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19246 Posts
SlayerS_`BoxeR` vs Blind Guy edit: thus proving Boxer would be #1 in Starcraft even if we were all blind. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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thezanursic
5484 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On February 07 2012 00:09 thezanursic wrote: The already blind would survive in certain situations. Yeah, they would have the upper hand, definitely. I really wanna watch the movie that was posted on this page, it seems interesting and terrifying. I hope an illness like that never pops up. | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
On February 06 2012 16:03 shadowboxer wrote: No one would put up with women, that's for sure. Best response ever, LMAO :D By the way, is the op's question: "what would happen if everyone suddenly became blind right now?" or "what if human beings never had had eyesight in the first place?", because those two questions are similar, but their respective answers are not. | ||
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Tortious_Tortoise
United States944 Posts
It's a really interesting question from an economic point of view. The markets would go completely haywire. Demand for things like cars, laptops, books, and glasses would plummet. things like CDs would be vastly more in demand. I also think that new leaps in technology would be made in audio and nasal technology-- maybe some sort of technological advancement in human echolocation. We're not really looking into it now because we don't have a huge demand for it, but I think it'd be one of the first major breakthroughs in audio-visual technology if everyone became blind tomorrow. | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
On February 07 2012 00:36 mbr2321 wrote: Relatively, I don't think it would make a difference. Certainly, if everyone in the world woke up tomorrow and no one could see, it would be a catastrophe. The world would shut down for a a few weeks, but, eventually, people would adjust. It's a really interesting question from an economic point of view. The markets would go completely haywire. Demand for things like cars, laptops, books, and glasses would plummet. things like CDs would be vastly more in demand. I also think that new leaps in technology would be made in audio and nasal technology-- maybe some sort of technological advancement in human echolocation. We're not really looking into it now because we don't have a huge demand for it, but I think it'd be one of the first major breakthroughs in audio-visual technology if everyone became blind tomorrow. Except not just you, the end consumer, is going blind. The entire world is suddenly stricken. So the scientists that work on that new technology are now also blind. Can they still do their work? Can they still use any of the equipment at their lab? Can they still get to their lab on a regular basis? Is going to work even a priority for them when merely getting a meal may not be possible after a week or two? Pretty sure everyone starves to death pretty quickly. | ||
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Nothingtosay
United States875 Posts
Anyway, I would imagine that we would all have much better hearing either through evolution or technological design. All machines would have to have interfaces that could be understood and interacted with by those who don't have sight. We would probably have a lot more automated things. | ||
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Aocowns
Norway6070 Posts
On February 06 2012 16:03 shadowboxer wrote: No one would put up with women, that's for sure. LOL! So good xD | ||
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Rassy
Netherlands2308 Posts
In all seriousness, if everyone would be blind civilisation would end within days. All technological progress would come to a halt and humans will probably die out. It in in theory possible to adept but i dont see this as realy achieveable in a timeframe short enough to prevent extinction. blind people wont survive either, they only can survive in a structured society that also has people with vision to take care of infrastructure and what not. Productivity of blind people is extremely low and the survival rate of blind people who are lost in the wilderness is extremely low i would asume this is not to bash them btw! its just rational observation, they depend on people with vision around them. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44368 Posts
On February 06 2012 17:38 alffla wrote: we would become batmen and women Wouldn't we be more like Daredevil?  If no one had eyes, that blind guy would have beaten Boxer in that SC1 showmatch. | ||
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Eisregen
Germany967 Posts
Thats incredible, sure it requires a lot to be able to do that, but you have to take into account what a human is capable of. | ||
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Nabes
Canada1800 Posts
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Tortious_Tortoise
United States944 Posts
On February 07 2012 00:39 Haemonculus wrote: Except not just you, the end consumer, is going blind. The entire world is suddenly stricken. So the scientists that work on that new technology are now also blind. Can they still do their work? Can they still use any of the equipment at their lab? Can they still get to their lab on a regular basis? Is going to work even a priority for them when merely getting a meal may not be possible after a week or two? Pretty sure everyone starves to death pretty quickly. I don't think so. Certainly there will be people who won't be able to adjust, but we have other senses on which to rely. I think the human spirit and the need to survive and repopulate will overcome the major setback that sudden blindness will bring. Insofar as science goes, scientific observation relies on more than just sight. Certainly without sight it will be more challenging, but after the entire world adjusts, some semblance of normality will resume. It will be a different normal-- people will rely on other senses a lot more, and the population may be significantly lessened, but humanity itself won't die out completely. People can find food without sight. | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On February 07 2012 01:00 OrangeSoda wrote: Most of the world would die, how are farmers goona farm, how are we goona get the product out to the people when you cant drive a truck/ship/plane. If you somehow got past all that, money would become worthless, it would be huge free for all for food, who would work their job honestly. I think you can farm without your eyes. | ||
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Newt Gingrich
10 Posts
On February 06 2012 16:59 cmen15 wrote: I'm willing to bet having sex blind can be just as good.... lololol Interestingly, we would probably prefer having sex with fatties rather than thin chicks. | ||
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Nabes
Canada1800 Posts
You can do a lot of things without your eyes, i can operate a car without them, ill probably kill someone or myself in the process though. | ||
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Rassy
Netherlands2308 Posts
This also includes roads, building the farm itself, inventing tools to help overcome your handicap like echo systems to help you find the cows , beeing a vet and what not All thoose tools would have to be invented by blind people as well! It realy would lead to the end of humanity in probably 100 years i would guess. | ||
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