Re: Subconscious 3d acts, 1-i-3-d, and the 4rth dimension

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 9:49 9/22/96, P3D Gabriel Jacob wrote:
>As in the recent posts, it was related that the brain makes us
>subconciously act with our eyes in certian ways. Another way which
>is not new to most people here, but might be to the masses, is increasing
>their stereo base, which they do unconciously. An example of this is
>when people are out in the wilderness, on some mountain range for
>example, you'll notice that we all will sometimes transfer our weight
>from foot to foot or side step to get a better idea of the distance
>of the next mountian peak or scenery around us.
>

Someone on the list pointed out a few months back that this type of
behavior seems to be particularly prevalent in species that lack stereo
vision...

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
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