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On February 07 2012 01:00 mbr2321 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 07 2012 00:39 Haemonculus wrote: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. 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.
An individual can find food in his cabinet while blind, sure.
Feeding society for longer than it takes to eat all the food in the local supermarket, nope.
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Fenrax
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What if our eyes were not in our face but on our asses? I really wonder that and want to make a thread on TL about it! Would we were sunglasses on our asses then? If we looked deep into our eyes would we then stand ass to ass bent forward next to each other?
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They made a movie about how eeryone suddenly went blind. Scarily accurate representation. you guys should watch it.
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On February 06 2012 16:05 gogogadgetflow wrote:
There would be fewer terrible conjecture threads posted on this forum I would think.
I like this guy
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Will I get banned if I open another thread asking 'What would the world be like if...'? This thread is pointless. All it does is keep people from doing important shit and give them a reason to spam.
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most people would die but either the very very fat (because they have enough fat to sustain themselves) or the very very fit (being able to run faster, stronger, etc.) would survive. or those who are already blind. we would stop judging people by their appearance obviously but take more effort to judge them by their smell, or the sound of their voice (not to be racist but generally different ethnicities have different sounding voices). we would still find people attractive or have sex with them depending on their smell or their voice (people even today say things like "he or she has a "hot" voice). maybe people would brush their teeth more or take more frequent showers because others would judge them more by the smell of their breath and their body odor as well lol. we could also guess by someone's accent where they come from. we would need to stay closer to each other only to survive, and we could still make friends/form alliances through distinguishing people by their voices or smells. however violence would be a problem because people could just assault others and law enforcement would be very difficult or impractical, so justice would hardly ever be served
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Who's to say we aren't blind? If we were blind we would not know it.
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On February 07 2012 01:51 Moosy wrote:
Who's to say we aren't blind? If we were blind we would not know it.
Thats really deep... Except it doesn't make any sense what so ever. If you were blind, you would know it. You wouldn't be able to SEE anything...
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