Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Abilities

Teach yourself to echolocate (2018) (atlasobscura.com)
After losing his vision as an infant, Kish taught himself to move around with the help of echolocation.

Blindness, Echolocation, Disability, Personal Stories, Human Abilities

242 points by Anon84 5 days ago | 74 comments

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks–and It Remodels Your Brain (scientificamerican.com)
Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age.

Human Abilities, Neuroscience, Blindness, Learning

24 points by isaacfrond 27 days ago | 2 comments

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks–and It Remodels Your Brain (scientificamerican.com)
Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age.

Human Abilities, Neuroscience, Blindness, Sensory Perception

6 points by beardyw 28 days ago | 0 comments

Humans can have superpowers—scientists are studying them (nationalgeographic.com)
Superpowers are real. Okay, maybe humans can’t sprout giant claws like the X-Men's Wolverine or shoot energy beams from their eyes like Cyclops—but our bodies and brains hold the potential for many seemingly superhuman feats, scientists say.