Inaccuracy Of Sensory Information

Senses are society's main boundaries and as we grow old we understand and try to cope with the life we carry.

We all observe things differently, what I may see other may not see. Our awareness varies from each other and we all percept things differently. Even if we look at the same thing I may notice things other may not. This is based on past experiences, interests, etc. This was very apparent while conducting my observation journal. I found myself noticing things more than I expected as the time progressed. I would pick out the smallest things and make conclusions based on them.

There are six senses in total and these are known as languages of the mind, or ‘modalities’. These are Sight, hearing, feeling, smell and taste, although the last two can be put into the ‘feeling’ category. We use all of our senses in a particular situation but all of us will have a favourite which we are more comfortable with and are likely to fall back on in times of crisis. (Chrysalis pg. 4)

“Our senses are faulty data-taking devices, and they need help,” states Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. In his scientific essay “Coming to Our Senses,” published in Natural History Magazine, Tyson explores the idea of the five senses being limited and needing help from technology. Through Tyson’s use of ethical appeals, allusions, and hypothetical scenarios, he is able to effectively convince the readers that humans need to use their five senses and technology to explore and understand the world around them.

Sense perception is a way to gain information by using our sense: touch, feel, taste, see, hear, and smell, it is a way of knowing. When it comes to ways of knowing, like sense perception, it is questionable whether or not it affects us in a positive or negative way. It can be argued if it is leading us in the wrong direction. If you see it, do you believe it?

A famous example of how sense perception is a reliable way of knowing that can help you distinguish what is true and what is believed to be true is the Descartes Wax Experiment. In this experiment, people were blindfolded and were told to touch melted wax. Based on touch and a posteriori knowledge of what wax feels like the subject we not able to identify the liquid to be wax until it hardened on the fingers. This experiment shows how sense perception can help you determine what is true. With sense perception, you can determine what is true right in front of your eyes because whatever you see is what you believe to be your reality.

The above points also shows the roles of “nature” and “nurture” with regard to the interpretation and evaluation of sensory data

There is a strong connection between the senses and the formation of our perception. Traditionally, the sense categories are known as sight, smell, sound, taste and touch. The modern perspective views the senses as systems in which information about our external world is acquired; visual, auditory, olfactory, gestation and haptic (tactile) systems. Architecture in the sense of environmental design is “the art of nourishing these senses.” In order to receive information from the environment, each sense organ is part of a sensory system which receives and transmits sensory information to the brain. How the human body engages space is of prime importance; as the human body moves, sees, smells, touches, hears and even tastes within a space – the

Every human has five senses: sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste. These senses often help us perceive and understand certain factors of our daily lives. But how do our senses work when in reality our brain never actually saw the world outside. Like David, Eagleman says our brain is a closed chamber, it has never seen what our world looks like. Despite our brain not knowing the world, we are still able to see, smell, hear, feel and taste everything.

The reason why human senses are important is because in order to create the physical world, you have to have senses. If we didn’t have the senses we have, then we wouldn’t be able to say anything about the world we live in. “Senses, reason, logic, or laws of science— that which enables us to create science and technology and to understand the concrete, the physical world. Intuition—that which enables us to know the existence of our own souls and their relation to a reality beyond the physical world and to understand the abstract. The faculty of knowing without relying solely on the senses. Concrete—having physical, material reality which can be perceived by the senses. Abstract—not having physical, material reality, is not perceivable by the senses.” The words in

This discussion is all about perception and how we look at things. Everyday we use our senses to improve our ability to see, hear, and become aware of something either good or bad. You can also use perception as a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something as well. During the watching of this video, there are some key points your wanting to know and understand.

Humans have five means of sensing information, which are hearing, tasting, smelling, touching, and seeing (Breedlove & Watson, 2013). All incoming information is sensed in a similar way for each of the five modalities. The sensory receptor organs filter the information that we come into contact with by deciding which information to pay attention to and which information to ignore. The event that activates the sensory organ is referred to as a stimulus; hence, feeling a finger on your arm, hearing music, or seeing an object are all referred to as stimuli. Additionally, we have receptor cells within or sensory organs, the receptor cells perceive specific types of simulation and convert the sensed stimuli

Sensory perception is the foundation of scientific knowledge and philosophical reality. This is one of the reasons for believing the accuracy of sensory information. Science depends on the standardization of sensory input and instruments. Human sensory organs are generally the same across the species, with few exceptions. One of the reasons why sensory information is accurate is that all human beings can basically agree on data such as the sky being blue, satin being soft, and sugar being sweet. The fact that sensory information provides a common ground for people being human is one of the reasons for believing in the accuracy of sensory information. Another reason for believing the accuracy of sensory data is that it can in many cases be measurable and predictable. This is why sensory information provides the foundation for empirical measurements and scientific data.