• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I mean a can opener is very different, no? Or at least it is when I try to put myself in those shoes.

    A can opener can open cans but nothing more. Sure you gain one piece of functionality, but you lose others.

    Geordi’s visor was a bit different in that he could see the visible light spectrum, but also a bunch of other stuff.

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      1 hour ago

      bit different in that he could see the visible light spectrum

      he could not: https://i.imgur.com/dlVpyIo.mp4

      would you want to see like that? i mean if you were born blind and this was your only option, it is definitely better than nothing, but other than that, it is hard no from me.