Inhabiting other bodies

I have given quite some time to the thought of what does it feel like to suddenly and consciously inhabit somebody else's body. Does it feel like our vision has been altered with a different white balance, sharpness or even angles of view, the sounds have a different equalization with the new ears, the smells we might suddenly become aware of, the odors from our guts to our skin now perceived raw with no filtering. Our new hair reacting to the wind in a new way perhaps making us feel like we might be wearing a peruke and perhaps even our skin might feel implanted and of a notable texture that we can describe in all sorts of details. Does that influence our language and the words we use to describe the same things such as an apple being less red but more pink?

Now consider with a stretch of your imagination, what would it feel like to suddenly become embodied in an animal, say a feline not to exaggerate. Do we feel all the now noticeable hair follicles, the warmth,  the new vision, the new instincts and basic feline desires, the flexibility, agility and lightness. Perhaps the need to test all of these new features by walking around, stretching, purring, running, miao-ing and other feline activities?

Now that we have gone that far, why not imagine being a bird, a fruit fly and perhaps if bacteria and even unicellular organisms had a non collective consciousness I would suggest imagining that as a bonus exercise.

Now imagination aside, how far are we scientifically from simulating such a feeling. I can tell that VR combined with AR headsets offer us an outsider's vision but what about taste, smell, touch and somehow the modified perception of ones own voice (e.g. gas masks or software) in real time? Are there any psychedelic drugs or lucid dreaming techniques that allow for such an experience while we wait for technological gadgets to make us body surf in a way?

lo que compartimos con el tiempo

Hace mucho tiempo que no escribo, igual hace mucho tiempo que perdi la noción del tiempo... Pero escribir no urge y tampoco leerlo, sin embargo y antes de concluir "nieztchemente" en las montañas virtuales de Torino, voy a contar la anécdota siguiente:

Compartimos todos, o casi todos, el dulce resabio de un sueno aun olvidado pero sabroso y buscamos los detalles convencidos que hay una verdad, una belleza, lo que sea, hay algo bueno que no entendimos y a entenderlo llegamos donde queremos y mas alla de donde fantaseamos.

El otro dia, he probado algo muy parecido al dulce resabio de un sueno efímero olvidado. Fue conociendo una persona en poco tiempo y descubriendo (o imaginando) en solo dos notches y con pocas palabras que fuimos a vivir dos vidas separadas en la misma maniera, o sea que ni necesitaba hablar de eso o mencionarlo porque era tan evidente en el modo de comunicarnos cuando era necesario. Habiendo vivido 2 vidas enteras de adultos desconocidos en pocos momentos descubrimos de carambola todo lo que podemos decir y no decir, haber dicho y no haber dicho y quizas tambien lo que diremos o seguimos sin decir. Era casi como haber ya vivido juntos porque ya nos conocemos. Al final, nos desculpamos de tener que separarnos sabiendo que nuestras vidas juntas serán futiles y aburridas...

Hoy y sin la minima noción del tiempo me quedo solo pensando si la comunicación era mas una reflection retro-y-intro-spectiva o una conclusion colectiva porque ya no se. Hoy y sin manana me pregunto si sera la ultima vez que me dejo sonar o la primera.




 




     

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