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Reminds me of Ben Underwood, the blind kid who used echo location around the house, playing basketball, riding his bike around the neighborhood, etc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnH7AIwhpik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation#Ben_Underwo...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation

Bloody hell, I can't do all that...

I wonder how they discovered that "clicking" works, seems so counterintuitive to discover. Though it's fair that I don't spend anywhere near that much time listening carefully and noticing how sharp sounds reflect.


> I wonder how they discovered that "clicking" works

I won't think it's they unexpected - have a walk a forest with loud insects. You'll hear a lot of interesting noises shaped a lot by what you stand near to. Large trees especially change how you hear things quite a lot.




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