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RE: Engagement Contest #1 "Tell me something I don't know"
Blind people raise their hands over their head when they win a competition, even though they've never seen it done by others.
No source, just a simple observation.
:0 that makes me happy - its like the 'power pose' of Rene Brown - if you stand with your hands over your head in a power pose for 2 min just beofre a job interview, you will be something like 70% more likely to score the job.
AWESOME MAN!!! True story! I used to live with a blind guy. We played Texas Hold'em together in a league with braille playing cards. And it's try, they do raise their hands above their heads in victory, despite not knowing that others do it to. Must be something in our genetics. Definitely something to research.
This made me think of another interesting blind people fact! Blind people echo locate much like bats, by making a clicking sound with their tongue. It's nothing like a Daredevil movie would have you believe, but it does give them an idea of how close walls and other big objects are to them, and also provides them with some kind of perception of how big a room / space is. I've actually seen a blind friend of mine do this, and I found it absolutely fascinating!
The guy I used to live with used to snap his fingers ALL THE TIME, and we could never figure out why. Maybe it has something to do with the echo locate thing, @skippyza!
So @gogogadgetupvote it depends of whether or not they guy that use to live with you was actually blind? That being said, this is something we can all do to an extent, sighted people just think about it less since we have a visual reference. But most people should be able to distinguish between a sound that comes out of a big empty room, vs a small room filled with sound absorbing furniture or something to that extent. Either way I found it extremely fascinating!
I've also heard a story that monks use to sing/hum in the dark monasteries and used this to echo-locate their way around the darkness. But I don't have a source for that unfortunately.
Now see, the monks humming to get around the monasteries is really believable. With little else to do (no electronic video stimulation and no real worldly possessions) humming around with your eyes closed trying to "become one with universe" is probably one of the best ways to pass time.
I love shit like that. Behavior that we're born with.
Thanks for letting us know
And when the blind people raise their hands in victory , deaf people raise all their fingers up to applaud them. It's the way you applaud in sign language ☺.