diff org/touch.org @ 332:698d48b91cd5

made basic include structure for thesis.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:38:45 -0500
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     1.1 --- a/org/touch.org	Thu Jul 19 19:17:52 2012 -0500
     1.2 +++ b/org/touch.org	Thu Jul 19 19:38:45 2012 -0500
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     1.4    - [[http://hg.bortreb.com ][source-repository]]
     1.5  
     1.6  * Next
     1.7 -So far I've implemented simulated Vision, Hearing, and Touch, the most
     1.8 -obvious and prominent senses that humans have.  Smell and Taste shall
     1.9 -remain unimplemented for now. This accounts for the "five senses" that
    1.10 -feature so prominently in our lives. But humans have far more than the
    1.11 -five main senses. There are internal chemical senses, pain (which is
    1.12 -*not* the same as touch), heat sensitivity, and our sense of balance,
    1.13 -among others. One extra sense is so important that I must implement it
    1.14 -to have a hope of making creatures that can gracefully control their
    1.15 -own bodies.  It is Proprioception, which is the sense of the location
    1.16 -of each body part in relation to the other body parts.
    1.17 +So far I've implemented simulated Vision, Hearing, and
    1.18 +Touch, the most obvious and prominent senses that humans
    1.19 +have.  Smell and Taste shall remain unimplemented for
    1.20 +now. This accounts for the "five senses" that feature so
    1.21 +prominently in our lives. But humans have far more than the
    1.22 +five main senses. There are internal chemical senses, pain
    1.23 +(which is *not* the same as touch), heat sensitivity, and
    1.24 +our sense of balance, among others. One extra sense is so
    1.25 +important that I must implement it to have a hope of making
    1.26 +creatures that can gracefully control their own bodies.  It
    1.27 +is Proprioception, which is the sense of the location of
    1.28 +each body part in relation to the other body parts.
    1.29  
    1.30 -Close your eyes, and touch your nose with your right index finger. How
    1.31 -did you do it? You could not see your hand, and neither your hand nor
    1.32 -your nose could use the sense of touch to guide the path of your hand.
    1.33 -There are no sound cues, and Taste and Smell certainly don't provide
    1.34 -any help. You know where your hand is without your other senses
    1.35 -because of Proprioception.
    1.36 +Close your eyes, and touch your nose with your right index
    1.37 +finger. How did you do it? You could not see your hand, and
    1.38 +neither your hand nor your nose could use the sense of touch
    1.39 +to guide the path of your hand.  There are no sound cues,
    1.40 +and Taste and Smell certainly don't provide any help. You
    1.41 +know where your hand is without your other senses because of
    1.42 +Proprioception.
    1.43  
    1.44  Onward to [[./proprioception.org][proprioception]]!
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