Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #08459
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Richard Caudle" richard@cqc.com
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:44:35 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Lets Hypothesise...
>
> If any of this was true, then we would all have one eye and one ear. The
> truth is that distance is quite an important factor in navigating our
world.
> We have two eyes and two ears so we can triangulate distances.
>
Pish, Posh! The single eye/ear thing would work in a two dimensional world,
but we happen to be in a three dimensional world. It's go nothing to do
with triangulation. We have to percieve objects in a three dimensional
space. The only time distance enters into the formula is when we are making
a conscious effort to determine distance. Besides, I thought that
triangulation took three points, not two.
Prove me wrong.
Richard, the Stubborn
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