diff org/touch.org @ 254:91654978c8e0

finished rough draft for touch
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:27:24 -0700
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     1.1 --- a/org/touch.org	Mon Feb 13 22:52:00 2012 -0700
     1.2 +++ b/org/touch.org	Mon Feb 13 23:27:24 2012 -0700
     1.3 @@ -733,9 +733,26 @@
     1.4  #+html: <ul> <li> <a href="../org/touch.org">This org file</a> </li> </ul>
     1.5    - [[http://hg.bortreb.com ][source-repository]]
     1.6  
     1.7 +* Next
     1.8 +So far I've implemented simulated Vision, Hearing, and Touch, the most
     1.9 +obvious and promiment senses that humans have.  Smell and Taste shall
    1.10 +remain unimplemented for now. This accounts for the "five senses" that
    1.11 +feature so prominently in our lives. But humans have far more than the
    1.12 +five main senses. There are internal chemical senses, pain (which is
    1.13 +*not* the same as touch), heat sensitivity, and our sense of balance,
    1.14 +among others. One extra sense is so important that I must implement it
    1.15 +to have a hope of making creatures that can gracefully control their
    1.16 +own bodies.  It is Proprioception which is the sense of the location
    1.17 +of each body part in relation to the other body parts.
    1.18  
    1.19 -* Next
    1.20 +Close your eyes, and touch your nose with your right index finger. How
    1.21 +did you do it? You could not see your hand, and neither your hand nor
    1.22 +your nose could use the sense of touch to guide the path of your hand.
    1.23 +There are no sound cues, and Taste and Smell certainly don't provide
    1.24 +any help. You know where your hand is without your other senses
    1.25 +because of Proprioception.
    1.26  
    1.27 +Onward to [[./proprioception.org][proprioception]]!
    1.28  
    1.29  * COMMENT Code Generation
    1.30  #+begin_src clojure :tangle ../src/cortex/touch.clj