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Romashka comments on Brainstorming new senses - Less Wrong Discussion

28 Post author: lululu 20 May 2015 07:53PM

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Comment author: Romashka 21 May 2015 05:53:58PM 2 points [-]

To feel upcoming seismic events.

Comment author: Elo 25 May 2015 09:33:23AM 1 point [-]

I suspect this is complicated; if you ever look at a seismograph leading up to an earthquake - see google images for some. just feeling vibrations are not necessarily a great indication - you would need some kind of data processing system. Unless of course you just put your body through semi-real earthquake simulations that include the early warning signals and "teach" your intuitive sense to suspect earthquakes are on their way...

TL;DR - we can probably already do this but it seems like too much effort for the return (perspective of someone who lives not in an earthquake zone)