"And peak experiences are not merely potential dwellings—they are also pointers to possible experiences and modes of thought beyond our present understanding. Consider, for example, how little we know of how ultraviolet light looks to a finch; of how echolocation feels to a bat, or a dolphin; of the way that a red fox, or a homing pigeon, experiences the Earth’s magnetic field. Such uncharted experiences exist in minds much less sophisticated than our own. What experiences, possibly of immense value, could be accessible, then, to minds much greater? Mice know very little of music, art or humor. Toward what experiences are we as mice? What beauties are we blind to"

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The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

... And peak experiences are not merely potential dwellings—they are also pointers to possible experiences and modes of thought beyond our present understanding. Consider, for example, how little we know of how ultraviolet light looks to a ...