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minus-squarebabybuslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoDo European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 month agoHumans aren’t actually that good at visually measuring distances. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/judging-distances-and-depth-perception-change-with-arm-length/
minus-squareIgnotumlinkfedilink2•edit-21 month ago“In the year 2147, technology has given humans abilities beyond the natural senses, it has given them… eyes.”
minus-squarebabybuslinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoEyes can’t measure distance. You can only make rough estimations.
minus-squareIgnotumlinkfedilink2•1 month agoI like my distance estimates the way i like my toilet paper rough
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI may not be good at giving it a number, but I can usually see how far apart two things are.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 month agoMany places have roads markers every 100m. Or you can count the seconds from any fixed point and figure it out.
Do European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
No but humans typically do
Humans aren’t actually that good at visually measuring distances.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/judging-distances-and-depth-perception-change-with-arm-length/
Only in cyberpunk literature.
“In the year 2147, technology has given humans abilities beyond the natural senses, it has given them… eyes.”
Eyes can’t measure distance. You can only make rough estimations.
I like my distance estimates the way i like my toilet paper
rough
I may not be good at giving it a number, but I can usually see how far apart two things are.
Many places have roads markers every 100m. Or you can count the seconds from any fixed point and figure it out.