• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I mean a can opener is very different, no? Or at least it is when I try to put myself in those shoes.

    A can opener can open cans but nothing more. Sure you gain one piece of functionality, but you lose others.

    Geordi’s visor was a bit different in that he could see the visible light spectrum, but also a bunch of other stuff.

    • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
      2·
      21 hours ago

      bit different in that he could see the visible light spectrum

      he could not: https://i.imgur.com/dlVpyIo.mp4

      would you want to see like that? i mean if you were born blind and this was your only option, it is definitely better than nothing, but other than that, it is hard no from me.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        That’s a visual representation, in the visible light spectrum, of what he sees. He would see it differently than what appears on the viewscreen.

        There’s also nothing there that shows or says he can’t see the visible light spectrum.