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What is something you can sense that few-if-any people you know can sense? Literal answers only.

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[-] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I definitely cannot use it for spatial perception. I just hear it. And it's annoying and unpleasant.
It's not as bad as nails on a chalkboard, but it's unpleasant in the same way. It's the "metallic" aspect I find unpleasant. Not echos in general.

This bothersome type is only in rooms. Or at least that's the only place ive noticed it.

But yeah there are people who can learn to use echolocation.

Because the ears are on the sides of the head, any sound coming from the side will reach one ear before the other. And that delay between them can be used for location.

Often humans suck at this because we also pick up sounds from surfaces the sound has bounced around from.

We typically think the ear it's loudest in, is the direction of the sound.
When latency/timing is more accurate for location.

this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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