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[-] saimen@feddit.org 5 points 5 days ago

Exactly, I like to imagine it with our senses.

In order to see something lightwaves had to have interacted with the objects we see.

In order to hear something objects had to have moved or interacted in a way to produce changes of air pressure.

In order to smell something an object had to have "lost" some of its molecules into the air.

Well, and touching and tasting are kinda obvious, your body has to directly interact with an object.

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Right. Our own sensory and perception system also alters and limits incoming information. Thus it influences measurements.

[-] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

Right, that's even better. Everything we sense are just changes to our own body structure.

this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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