Fear in Dark
Kali Hawa
We have a heightened sense of fear in dark, at night. I want to know
if a person born blind also senses the same.
Jim Klein
> I want answer to this question.
You won't get one from 1Z because you forgot
to insert an article before the word "answer"!
> We have a heightened sense of fear in dark, at night. I want to know
> if a person born blind also senses the same.
When? A human cannot draw a conclusion, or even
identify an existent, without something to compare
it to...even if that comparison is merely the absence
of the thing.
Ultimately, an emotion is just a very complex
conclusion, or set of them. Without anything to
contrast the darkness to, a very young child
would have nothing to identify, and hence nothing
to fear.
As the child grows and learns through abstract
means the difference between light and dark, he
could very well develop a fear of the dark, even as
he can't directly sense it.
Fear, like anything else above first-level concepts,
is an outgrowth of our conceptual hierarchy. To a
blind person, <darkness> cannot be a first-level
concept.
jk
Piet de Arcilla
> Fear, like anything else above first-level concepts,
> is an outgrowth of our conceptual hierarchy. �To a
> blind person, <darkness> cannot be a first-level
> concept.
Except you can feel the absence of the sun, and hear the noises of the
night.
Kali Hawa
> Fear, like anything else above first-level concepts,
> is an outgrowth of our conceptual hierarchy. �To a
> blind person, <darkness> cannot be a first-level
> concept.
>
> jk
Very cyptic! So in nutshell for a blind person it is irrelevant if it
is dark or otherwise. What about associated attributes of darkness?
Won't silence and loneliness heighten his fears?
Jim Klein
> Except you can feel the absence of the sun, and hear the noises of the
> night.
Yes, and others. But none of them will be the
sensation of light versus its absence.
jk
Jim Klein
> > Fear, like anything else above first-level concepts,
> > is an outgrowth of our conceptual hierarchy. To a
> > blind person, <darkness> cannot be a first-level
> > concept.
>
> Very cyptic!
Not around here.
> So in nutshell for a blind person it is irrelevant if it
> is dark or otherwise.
Well, that's ambiguous itself. Relevance can be
a very wide and complicated measure.
> What about associated attributes of darkness?
That's why they're called "associated," cuz
they're not the darkness!
> Won't silence and loneliness heighten his fears?
I reckon so, but I take that as different than
the question I was answering.
jk