I'm so glad this is surfacing. I remember reading about the skepticism scientists had about this only for them to be finally proven wrong.
My anecdotal experience is that we are so out of touch with our bodies these days that we routinely underestimate just how adaptable we truly are if we have the will or need to learn. So I get frustrated when very useful things like echolocation are suppressed by ignorant and cynical scientists who are unaware of their blind sides because they think they studied hard and read a bunch of papers.
Our realities are shaped by our own experiences but what is sad is when people then shape other people's realities based on their own skewed realities.
I'm glad that the internet is so good at spreading disparate, niche and folky knowledge and forcing scientists to reconsider their priors more often.
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