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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 51 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Still more evidence that Daredevil's superpower isn't being able to navigate using echolocation, but to be able to take a beating (which he inherited from his father).

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago

Daredevils power is world on fire.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 4 days ago

It's a stretch to say "anyone can learn echolocation" but kudos to those who've mastered this technique. I've always found this fascinating.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 35 points 4 days ago (3 children)

OK, so how can I learn it?

[–] Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works 55 points 4 days ago (1 children)

From the article:

"The researchers trained 14 sighted and 12 blind people for between two and three hours twice a week over 10 weeks. They started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks, then trained them on three tasks. The first two involved judging the size or orientation of objects. The third involved navigating virtual mazes, which participants moved through with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions."

[–] superkret@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yes, I read the article. How does the training work?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 58 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well, they started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks. Then they did exercises judging the size or orientation of objects, and they also had them move around with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

What. Are you serious? I just told you.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (3 children)
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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

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[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They probably bumped into walls a lot, until they learmed

[–] Slatlun@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 days ago

This was kind of cool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsg81Tn3s28 I didn't like the first wall example because the clicking cadence changes, but the field and trees were very clear

[–] linucs@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 11 points 4 days ago

A lot of practice, our brains are really good at figuring out sensory info