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[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by raaaid

im tired of saying it our depth perception is flawed

me to.

[raaaid]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

me to.

is there any test for pilots for depth perception?

obviously this pilot had none

[taildraggernut]

Just having 2 eyes that work mean you have depth perception, it's the reason we have 2 eyes.

[raaaid]

well so would you say that pilot had depth perception?

certainly he must see pretty well with both eyes to be an airliner pilot

[taildraggernut]

Yes he had depth perception, he just got alarmed when he saw a very bright light in front of him, human beings have not quite evolved quckly enough to keep up with our techology, our depth perception was only designed to be able cope with life on the ground not for travelling in a pressurised aluminium tube full of farts at 500mph.

[raaaid]

well im gonna try to manipulated the threads of time so humanity go 4th dimensional the sooner:

i propose this test for pilots to test the lever of stereoscopy:

look to this through the image to overimpose both images

the farther i get is to depth 7 what about you?

http://smallbasic.com/smallbasic.com/program/?MHH970

[taildraggernut]

How can there be a 'level' of stereoscopy? you either see in stereo or you don't, I can tell the monitor is about 2 feet in front of me as I type, a chest of drawers is about 9 feet away from me, but telling the difference between 5 miles or 6 miles becomes much more difficult on judgement alone.

what the hell is that prog meant to do? all I see are 2 vertical bars that break and the angle of break increases according to the number you put in.

[Sternjaeger II]

one of the first thing they teach you when flying is that if an object stays in the same spot on your windscreen/window in the air it means you're on collision course. Considering the stress of the situation, it's not that surprising, and I'd rather fly with a cautious than an overconfident pilot.

As for the passenger that got injured, that hopefully will teach them a lesson about keeping the bloody seatbelt fastened when they're told to. I always recommend to keep the seatbelt fastened all the way through the flight, because when something as unexpected as this happen, first thing to get hurt will be your head smashing against the luggage compartment.

[brando]

For God's sake Raaaid, get out and play a game that involves a bat and a ball and then come back and tell us that we don't have depth perception! A bit of fresh air might do you some good.