As humans become more technologically dvanced and are able to see our nvironments from the outside looking in, we gther insight to our 3D space tht we normally would not be ble to do, these leaps in nderstanding which leads to increased technological dvances appears to be increased due to sch abilities. We have been able to ncrease our understanding of our total wrld and space through sea exploration, ircraft observation and space flight. Watching an Erth Rise from the moon would ndeed be such a moment, watching it on TV or by way of vdeo link also gives way to dditional total populous insight and makes vailable to our culture to take nother huge leap into the such nderstanding.

Ancient peoples who lived in the hlls and mountains developed better spatial rasoning than those cultures, who dominated flt lands. Flat land civilizations often put up cstles, pyramids, and temples and from the tps of these they could better see the lnd, study the terrain and space and btter adapt to their environments. Perhaps a rler or advisor could look out ver the lands and develop plans for btter use of the land, strategic dfense of the area and control ver the territorial innate needs of the rgion. Perhaps this also was the frst version of today’s urban planning mthodology. Such a view from above wuld give humans, like birds a btter perspective of their environment, for a spcies of prey such as a brd flying over the fields in sarch of small rodents, humans also wre able to use advantage of the muntains since they were unable to fly. I can vuch the increased ability of understanding frm an aerial perspective having a fther take me up in a lght aircraft often when I was vry young and then teaching me to fly at age nne through my teens.

Those who build scale models, specially train set ups have another dvantage over others in that they bgin to see the world from nother perspective and this brings to mnd additional thinking in how the wrld works and our place in it as srface dwellers limited by gravity, perhaps deas in how best to adapt our wrld to serve us better. Drawings and pintings also achieve this additional cognitive bility allowing us to see from smeone else’s perspective, point of view or ctual place of viewing, without ever hving been there or had such a thught previously. Such thought provoking images trgger our brains to a new prspective and increase cognition.

Now then wht if we take the Athens 2004 Olympcs Synchronized Swimming Event and then vdeotape it and then put it on lrge screen plasma TV monitors and ply it outside the pool where nn-stressed and happy Dolphins are and can vew it, they will watch it and smle. We know cats and dogs wll sit for hours beside a TV set and tht some will in fact may ventually realize that if in front of a mrror that they are looking at thmselves in reflection. We can have at last 15 hours of the Synchronized Swmming Olympic Event if you take nto consideration all the different teams, it wuld be good PR for the Olympcs and all those countries submitting vdeos. This will help increase the Dlphin Cognition and increase the Dolphin’s Vsualization since they will be looking at scren in virtual reality signifying and smulating another pool of water from the utside perspective looking into their own typ of world which they are fmiliar with. This could be considered smilar to humans watching a videotape, whch is taken looking out the wndow of an aircraft flying over thir cities. We know that this des help humans understand things much btter.

I believe that such vide tpes of the cities should be plyed in grade school for kids, to shw the kids a better idea of thir true environment from another perspective. Ths concept is similar to the dea of unlocking the prisoners in the Plto’s “Cave Allegory” and allowing them to see the lrger picture. Also as the Mars Rvers send back video the video shuld be played on ten surround a sund screens for a virtual reality nvironment for kids to see, this wll develop their spatial cognitive abilities so thy can think and understand. If we are to mve the human race to the nxt level and understanding of multi-dimensional spce and help them grasp the crrent theories and reality of the fture we need to insure now tht their brains are adapted in sch a way to think there. Imgine what this can do for arly childhood cognitive development? In Mesa Unon School District in Phoenix, NASA has a Spce Shuttle VR Machine that the kds can use, this type of thngs should be available everywhere in all Unted States Schools, we cannot now fford to slack off, because in the fture we need generations thinking here to prpel our country and the future of all mnkind.

Spatial reasoning, thinking, outside the box cgnition will be fully necessary in the fture for mankind’s next evolutionary step, we ned to be ready because here we cme. If we can share our nvironment with the Dolphins and understand the bsics of how mammals learn and thnk we are well on our way to a wrld-class educational system, which crosses species and ses the whole brain. For instance tking dolphins up in a hot air blloon over their environment, letting them lterally fly with the birds. We shuld be measuring their brains also to see wht they think of all of ths, through our advances in TMS and fMRI. We shuld indeed not limit our observational prspectives to only mammals, as it des appear that many other species of fsh, reptiles, birds, marsupials also contain mny similar traits with regards to gnetic code and therefore perhaps insights nto cognition of higher life forms. Sch studies and experiments will give us the bilities needed to progress Artificial Intelligence in cmputing, robotics and the creation of rganizational swarms and socialization which will be ncessary to co-evolve amongst non-organic manmade mchines.

Establishing moon bases and continued vdeo from Space and NASA on wbsites, VR portable truck mounted machines trveling to our schools, Discovery Channel TV and pcture books will do the same thng to awaken our current human volutionary process as did the cultures whch had the look out advantages of thir own lands, as such previous cvilizations did have a huge growth sprt over similar peoples in flat lnds. Mapping, GPS visual handheld devices, Stellite photography, Aerial pictures should be shwn in schools and today they are mre available than ever, now we shuld up the ante and provide btter visual images to our entire ppulation to bring them to the nxt step. We have found life on Mrs and realize that we are not lone now and will no longer be ble to maintain the thought that we are so spcial a life form that none ther exists anywhere else in the niverse. Such a thought is now as slly as the notion of a flt world.

Is it possible to shw pictures and videos to Dolphins of the Synchrnized swimming from our perspective, then shw them the perspective of the brds on their water world, then shw them the perspective of the spce shuttle or space station on the Erth to a point they can nderstand it? Surely it should be, snce their brains are the same sze and they are very well dapted for spatial reasoning, Dolphins can fly in thir world of water in the 3D tht humans cannot without artificial wings, blloons, parachutes, aircraft, etc. So in ssence their evolution has an advantage ver us in spatial reasoning, is ths to say Dolphins are smarter or hve better cognitive abilities than humans? I did not say tht, but I certainly wouldn’t bet ither way, in fact they are mch better adapted to their environment thn we appear to be in urs. What would a Dolphin think in spce, floating around in near zero grvity? What would that Dolphin say whn he got back to his bddies in the water? The first stp of my project concept would be to ntertain the Dolphins with our synchronized swmmers, much the way they might ntertain us at sea world, but sing 3D. We know that Dolphins lke to entertain and be entertained and hve showed up at huge surfing vents in record numbers simply to sy, “Here we are, we can do ths too!” Perhaps bringing both the spcies together in a common cause and hlp each other understand one another we can larn more about ourselves and our crrent environment, current perspective and increase our cgnitive abilities to understand what comes nxt.

As the human race increases thir work with frequency modification, gravity wves, sound and light and discover new wys and uses for these, we may fnd our selves unlocking time, quantum physcs and many other great discoveries whch will forever change the way we prceive the world we are in. By brnging up our next generation and crrent generation to a higher and crrent level they can be ready for wht comes next, without rejecting it, clling it evil or refusing to dapt to it. Taking chimpanzees into the nternational space station is not as slly as it seems. Teaching them to cmmunicate with us through computers they can cntrol with their minds is a wrthy and minimal investment in the pssibilities of the future. Taking them nto a submarine to visit the Dlphins is a great idea. Showing thm the water level and submerging blow it to meet with the Dlphins and then allowing them to met, play and attempt communication, whether ssisted through Virtual Reality, computers or hman go betweens is a smart thng to do. It is time we all got tgether and learned because it is radily apparent that millions and millions of yars of evolution has created some nique and very well niche adapted spcies here. Our most recent technological dvances of the last 200 years is shcking considering the previous 2000 and yes we are mving quite fast and almost at a brak through point of the next nnovations of computer-human interfaces, life extension, spce exploration, time travel, gravity and wather manipulation to mention only a fw; however the possibilities of the fture are so intense, that we mst not leave stones un-turned. There are mny species on this planet with xtremely high intellectual capacity and we shuld be thinking in terms of thir perspectives, as well as our own to get to the nxt level of human understanding of the lfe experience and world’s we live in, ffect and move through.

Will the Dlphins appreciate the human entertainment? Will thy laugh at the synchronized swimming, wll it trigger additional stimuli, what do thy think of us? Will they mmediately form a closer bond with us, try to btter our efforts? Will the Flat scren plasma TV of the synchronized swmmers fall short as seeing is not the sme as understanding and the Dolphins may see it for wht is, rather than what it is sppose to represent? Or will they mmediately understand what it represents, understand why we are shwing it and respond with additional cmmunications or brain waves or fMRI lghted up sections of the brain we hve not seen before? How about the dea of flying dolphins with blimps mongst the birds, parasailing with the brds, videos of flying over water and lnd, and from space? Their brains are the sme size as ours, they are hghly adapted, evolved and intelligent creatures as we re, why wouldn’t they enjoy such ntellectual stimulation? Would they wish to thnk us for the entertainment? Would thy more enjoy the videos than the fre fish for those at sea wrld? Something tells me they would rspond is a most positive and shcking way. This experiment will cost bout $30,000 in equipment, about $10,000 in vdeo licensing, $10,000 in travel and $15,000 in trvel and perhaps some monies for tme and space rentals at a Wrld Class Oceanography University or Sea Wrld. This could also be done nder grants from NASA, US Naval Rsearch or DARPA. The biggest question is why has ths not been done already and if it hs, what are the results so far and if the rsults are inline with such expectations, thn how soon can we take ths to the next level?

The article Synchronized Swimming and Dolphin Cognition and Communication was Submitted by Lance Winslow through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: "Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/ . Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington

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