[extropy-chat] Questionnaire on senses

[Anders Sandberg]

Mike Dougherty wrote:
> Would this information still be "smell"  if the olfactory modality is
> usurped for some other purpose, does it retain an inherent olfactory
> association?

Good question. People using a ultrasound -> tactile mapping to control a
robot in a labyrinth using sensory information projected onto their backs
report experiencing a sense of space after a few hours. But most
visualizations of something tend to remain in the visual modality, even
when they are of sounds.

-- 
Anders Sandberg,
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University