05-24-2016, 07:23 PM
(05-24-2016, 11:32 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: If, when a person born blind and only had tactile reference to distinguish between shapes such as a globe and a cube, sight were restored and without the use of touch, could the once blind person distinguish between the two shapes.
Has the person whose sight was restored lost all sense of touch, or simply is not allowed to touch those two shapes?
If they lose all sense of touch when sight is restored, they would still likely be able to eventually distinguish. Because if they injure themselves on sharp corners or other pointy objects, even if they can't feel it...they will learn what "pointy" is. Therefore they would have a reference to connect with the memory of what "pointy" felt like while blind.
