The Blindsight 'Conspiracy': Are Blindsight Patients Just Pretending?
theshawwn · x · 2026-11-03
AI researcher theshawwn jokes that his favorite conspiracy theory is that everyone with blindsight is just pretending — then notes that researchers reportedly scan the visual cortex and measure neural activity directly to rule this out, and wonders how that works. Blindsight, where patients claim blindness yet respond correctly to stimuli, remains a touchstone for debates on consciousness and whether machines truly 'perceive'.
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