Ever wonder what the dreams of blind people are like?

her209

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Assuming they are born blind, how does a dream of a blind person versus someone who can see is like? How about someone who is deaf?
 

Mo0o

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I'm assuming it would be like when they are awake. Similar to how our dreams reflect our perceptionsi n real life.
 

meltdown75

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i imagine in the waking world they have some visual representation (in the mind's eye) attributed to all the phenomena they experience with their remaining 4 senses. their dreams would probably be just a mish-mash of those images.
 

Mrvile

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What language to deaf-mute people (who have been deaf all their lives) think in? I think in English. Mexicans think in Spanish. Japanese people think in Japanese. What about deaf people?
 

her209

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Originally posted by: Mrvile
What language to deaf-mute people (who have been deaf all their lives) think in? I think in English. Mexicans think in Spanish. Japanese people think in Japanese. What about deaf people?
I posed this question a long time ago and it got parodied to hell (then locked for no reason). :(

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