Sense Perception: .. Limitations

1) Which of the problems of perception limit human knowledge the most and the least? Why? Give examples.
2) How might humans overcome these problems? What forms of technology do we use already? Do these forms have their limitations also? What other ways might we use?

Ok so the five sense have already been discussed and opinionated in terms of which is more significant to me. So on to sensory limitation and how we as humans overcome these barriers- possibly using technology.
One major limitation we have with senses is that we cant actually picture something to a full extent without having a bias to it, and with this is it could confuse us in to believing something that really we 'shouldn't' be believing. Creating a bias on nearly every picture someone sees, hears, feels, tastes, or smells can affect the way perception is experienced or filtered, and so-forth we can not always rely on senses.
Experiences and Filtering is another limitation of senses, this is because the way we percept something depends on how us as individuals filter something- not just what we see but all five senses. Smell- we filter this in a way or past experience, so if we one day, most probably as a child smelt freshly cut grass, and then smelt it again, we know that either we gained satisfaction or we didn't. Hearing something, again with the past experience, we know that we can distinguish between two sounds even if they are related- such as two voices or even if they are quite distinctive- such as a humming bird or a lorry driving past. These past experiences help us to build on the knowledge that we already know and without these experiences there is no knowledge in that particular field, just like if there is no knowledge in that field- how can there possibly be experience?
There has been distinct technology development produced to enhance these limitations of perception and these two that could be enhanced with technology are sight and hearing. However can there be other technology developments to enhance other areas of senses? Such as taste- I wonder if these could be enhanced with something... what about feeling, or smelling something- could these also be enhanced with technology?
Limitations with technology goes a long way- a very long way with some people and not others really- what if a hearing aid broke in the middle of...something really important- court.. um.

Significance of Senses...But Why?

So we all know the senses:

- Taste (5)
- Smell (3)
- Sight (1)
- Feel (4)
- Hear (2)

I've ranked from 1-5 what i feel are the most important senses, not neccesarily just for me personally, but the senses that would come in more practical for just about anything. In my eyes people take senses for advantage. Some of the dudes that are lucky enough to have all their senses dont realise that actually they are taking it for granted. I know i do. Do we realise everything we do, senses provide us with the ability to carry out that action- whatever that may be. From motor reflexes(- for example- quickly moving away your hand from the stove to prevent it getting burnt...) to seeing the most beautiful sighting ever to be displayed in front of you (whether that was a new born child, or going to the top of the Alps and looking down for instance)

1) To See. . Generally this is more important for me. Sure its very important on the scale for others, but would it be their number one? Sight is..what? the ability to see? Sure, yeah its the ability to see, but see what? The reason why this miraculous sense is so important to me is because it enables me to look at: what i've achived, to achieve, to see what i love, who i love, what i enjoy, do what i enjoy. These small things all adjoin to create great indications as to what exactly i enjoy, love and very possibly need. The first thing i do, when i enter a room, is look around, see whos there; what the atmosphere is like and more importantly what the 'obstacles' are. This is the most usuful and reliable sense for me, and if i were to loose it, i would most probably shift in to using my hearing more than anything else, which is why its my second most reliable sense.

2) To Hear. after Sight, i would use my hearing. Again with the example of walking in to a room. I first look at my atmosphere. Then i hear it. Whats going on verbally, what are people talking about, and how are they talking about it. If a studen in a room complains about how many homework assignments they've got, they're not exactly going to say it with the most upbeat voice. On the other hand, if they're talking about say something like getting a new puppy- now thats exiting! SO... that brings in why hearing is higher on the scale. Expression, expression and its ability to let one decide how to interpret. Hearing yet another sense most of us take for granted. What if one day, you just could'nt hear anything? Would'nt be half as bad as loosing the eye sight for a day, but i certainly need hearing as a symbol of alarm- meaning danger? Possibly. More along the lines of everyday or every other alam, such as birds in the morning, or a car beeping, or even a lorry coming full speed behind you.

3) To Smell. Smell for me is another important sense, this amazing sense allows one to grab a sense of cleanliness, and feel for their atmosphere. Even though, actually i loose my sense of smell alot these days because of Winter and i know what its like to actually loose the sense, and so do millions of people, i think smell is extremely significant for everyday use. Smell is there for a lot of resons and although there are so many reasons as to why one (or i) would feel that smell is needed and is quite important there is one in particular for me, which is memory. Maybe what i'm about to say is way to psychological, but for me different smells brings in differnt memories, not for every smell- but suprisingly and unconciously most. For example- a certain perfume always reminds me about my mum, and the weird thing is, is that she doesnt even wear the perfume anymore- and its the same example for my sister.

4)To Feel. Material, Jeans, Plastic, Paper, Fur, Gel, . These are generally the types of material that remind me of my family, or what i need to do. Like Gel- my brother always makes me get his hair up- so ever since- everytime i saw, smelt or felt gel it always made me think of the little bugger. Paper nearly always reminds me that i need to working- whether thats a good or a really, really bad thing- i dont know. The easiest way i feel is using my hands, and my finger tips the most. Even right now im using my fingetips to type on the keyboard, and if i couldnt feel that- it would just be too wierd. Once again though i have lost feeling in my fingertips but accidently burning it- but so not the same thing as completely loosing your sense of touch.

5) To Taste. Food. The first thing that come in to my mind when i think about the sense of taste im privalidged with, i think of food. This i think is a good example because the other day i fell slightly sick and lost my sense of taste, and automatically asked myself why im eating a peice of chocolate if i can even taste it. To me, eating that peice of chocolate seemed a litte silly that i was eating it even though i couldn't taste it. So really im my terms, im pretty much saying whats the point in eating if you cant even taste it. But taste for some doesnt just come in usuful for actually tasting something phyically. But for some reason taste comes in convienient for a lot of other things.- Swimming. Everytime i used to jump in to the pool every practise, i would always get mouth full of water- and to be perfectly honest- i loved it. But the reason as to why taste in the lowest on my little scale is because i could most probably do without it- have been without it. But i love my mums cooking so i probably couldnt live without it.