801.09 Human Sense Ranging and Information Gathering

Radius of Static Ranging:

Dynamic Velocity:

Tactile 1/1,000th of a mile 10 miles per hour

Olfactory 1 mile 400 miles per hour

Aural 100 miles 1,100 miles per hour

Visual 6,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles [^26] 700,000,000 miles per hour If we try to plot two curves of these static and dynamic human sensing capabilities on a chart, we will have no trouble in positioning the first three senses; but to reach the point on the chart at which the sight capabilities occur, we will have to take an airplane and fly for many days to reach those positions. It is clear that as we recede from the first three sets of points, they will tend gradually to appear as one. This disparity has not been taught to us. We were told that our senses were approximately equal and alternate capabilities. Court imposed “damage costs” for their respective losses are approximately equal. We found out the disparity ourselves by examining the limit-case conditions, which can only be discovered by physical experience. This method of discovery is called “operational procedure.”