Re:Why I Had a Magnet Implanted in My Finger
by spike021 on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @07:03PM
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Well yeah, people who are deaf tend to have hearing aids (hopefully if they can afford to). Same as how people who are amputees have a prosthetic leg/arm/etc.
But I would say that serves a different scenario.
Asimov, back in 1939, wrote a great short story that has stuck with me ever since I read it for the first time: The Secret Sense[1]. It tells the story of Martians, who are mocked and pitied by Earthlings for their terrible sense of sight and hearing, such that they have no appreciation for our great art, our paintings, our music. I won't give away any more of the plot, suffice to say I recommend you find yourself a copy to read, and hope it brings you the wonder and reflectiveness the story brought to me when I was a boy.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Sense (contains spoilers)