![]() It seems to me that blindsighters would be better at navigating if they were not blindfolded. ![]() What I want to know then is how blindsight works in ecologically valid situations, and not just in forced guessing scenarios. ![]() So here’s my question: has a blindsight patient ever been observed in their own home or a familiar environment? And if so, would their ability to navigate around the furniture be hampered if they were blindfolded? If blindfolding them hampered their ability to navigate a familiar environment, this would mean that their nonconscious system is operative in “non-forced” situations. ![]() In response to these skeptics, philosophers point out that the blindsight is often impoverished compared to normal vision because it is never spontaneous and the “skill” of the nonconscious system has to be demonstrated by forcing the patient to guess. Furthermore, such results are often interpreted by skeptics as meaning that consciousness is a by-stander and does no real causal work since perception can happen just fine in its absence. This is usually taken as evidence for nonconscious perception. Blindsight is a neurological condition where a patient claims that they are blind, but when forced to guess about, say, the orientation of a line, they perform above chance. ![]()
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