> > i made some progress on the update function. i'm at a debugging point
> > but the bugs still overlap algorithmic logic.
> >
> > interesting concept: "can completely blind people become surgeons?"
> > this is a politically charged question in some spaces, notably some AI
> > language models. i'm using bing search right now to feel less scared
> > of oppressive profiling, and it gives copilot ai answers that are
> > somehow undisabled (i thought i disabled them). copilot gave to this
> > search an answer that basically said, yes completely blind people are
> > allowed to do this although it is rare and difficult[4 citations].
> > however excellent vision is crucial for surgery[1 citation].
> >
> > i am thinking that basically if you are blind and want to be a
> > surgeon, you will have a lot of human prejudice to contend with
> > because nobody understands how you can measure and comprehend what you
> > are doing in a skilled manner because they use their vision to do so.
> > a blind person would use other senses and tools to get feedback on
> > what they are doing, and we would require them to become skilled
> > enough at that to never harm somebody on a surgery table. --.. {so the
> > blind person would be using sound, memory, spacial precision, tools
> > and other people at the table to know this --- they would become aware
> > of sounds that others are not, and would use more backup checksi left out temperature here, i've found small temperature gradients can give a ton of information while blindfolded i imagine there are other senses i don't know about too, since i've practiced being blindfolded and blind people certainly still notice things i don't > > (of course, as a surgical patient, nobody would want a blind surgeon > T_T unless they were blind themselves and had a shared understanding > of how that can give you reliable information on the world
