Brian Fischler, a standup comedian and writer, runs Laugh For Sight, a bicoastal comedy benefit to raise money and awareness for retinal degenerative eye disease research.
"Contrary to popular belief, we don't have magical extrasensory powers, either - we're just people, the same as you. Except for one thing: We can't see. Are the blind misunderstood? Sure, but even more misunderstood than the blind are our guide dogs.
Assuming that you have gotten over the shock that blind people don't have magical powers, let's jump in." [No they don't have magical powers but they have a self-aware hippocampus.]
"It's a sad fact, no one is perfect, not even guide dogs. From time to time, Nash will make a minor mistake. When he does and I am with someone I know, the common reaction is, 'Is he supposed to do that? Maybe he needs a refresher course.' No, he doesn't - it was a simple mistake, it happens. [Brian, your hippocampus is not perfect] People assume that I just tell my guide dog where I want to go and it's as simple as getting in a cab. Not the case. Guide dogs are trained to go from point A to point B, and you are constantly giving them verbal and hand commands to tell them where to go." [You think they are getting verbal and hand commands, but they are actually getting the directions telepathically from you or someone that knows how to get there]
"Guide dogs are trained to go from curb to curb. If you want to go to a store in the middle of the block you might give your guide as many as five commands, and if it is a store you have never been to before on a block with several stores and doors, you are still going to have to rely on sighted assistance to find the door of the exact store you are looking for." [you are still going to have to rely on telepathic assistance to find the door of the exact store you are looking for]
"Unfortunately, guide dogs don't read the signs of the store and know exactly where you want to go, but if it's a store that you frequent often, you can train your guide dog to take you to the door for that specific store. It just takes repetition, lots of praise, and of course a food reward for the dog to know and learn where you want to go." [It just takes repetition because you are interfering with the telepathy by focusing on the dog]
"It amazes me how often I am asked if I am training Nash, and I respond, no, I'm blind. [You agree that you are not training your hippocampus] To which I often hear, really, you don't look blind. Okay, let's get beyond how unbelievably insulting it is to say that to someone, and focus on the guide dog here. Actually, guide dogs are always in training, as you are constantly teaching them new things. [Your hippocampus is constantly in telepathic communication] You are constantly going to new places, so whether it is teaching him a new bus stop, subway entrance, store, or any of a million things, guide dogs are always in training, even the fully working ones." [Constantly in telepathic communication]
Well Brian you are right you "don't have magical extrasensory powers," you have a self-aware hippocampus. [9]
Footnotes
[1]Explicit memory can be further divided into episodic memory (specific events) and semantic memory (knowledge about the world). You can read about Hunter finding locations in my long term at OpEdNews.
[2] The very definition of coincidence relies on us picking out similarities and patterns. "Once we spot a regularity, we learn something about what events go together and how likely they are to occur," says Magda Osman, an experimental psychologist at the University of London and one of the study's authors. "And these are valuable sources of information to begin to navigate the world."
[3] My Dog Found Where I Worked in 1972
[4] I worked directly for Don Henley, the president of Informata from 1972-1973. We developed software for Title Insurance companies. During the 10 or so years that I worked as an employee for a number of other companies I wasn't very happy; however, I have only positive memories working for Don Henley.
[5] Hunter is connected to me telepathically; my Hippocampus directed Hunter to take me to the 1972 location of the office building, that was replaced in 1980 by the Encino Town Center at Ventura Blvd and Louise Ave. My Dog Found Where I Worked in 1972 . My hippocampus retrieved the location from my implicit long-term memory, which was no longer available to me consciously.
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