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diff org/touch.org @ 332:698d48b91cd5
made basic include structure for thesis.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:38:45 -0500 |
parents | 5c398b65d01b |
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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 1.3 @@ -762,23 +762,26 @@ 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]]! 1.45