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English Literature - Inanimate Object Essay

Listening to the apparent vents reveals no sound emanating from the object; that, and the apparent lack of any internal source of heat both seem to indicate that the object was powered off only relatively recently. The sides and back area of the object feel like hard plastic to the touch. They also respond to the fingernail tap test in the manner expected of hard plastics, producing a higher audible pitch and less vibration and "give" to slight pressure than the glasslike front panel. The hard plastic does not have any specific taste to it, but use of the tongue seems to confirm the prior observation that the surface was warm to the touch. Likewise, the front panel has no specific taste but feels even cooler to the tongue than to the hand; it also reveals a layer of dust that was not originally perceptible to the hand. A swiping motion of the fingertips against the glasslike panel does detect the presence of dust that was too fine to perceive by a non-moving touch of the hand previously. Nearing the head to the object for the purpose of tasting it discloses that the object is slightly charged electrically, because the residual static charge attracts human hair in a manner precisely consistent with everyday experiences with electromagnetic charges and common substances. The front panel looks exactly...

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Similarly, the rest of the object appears to be made from hard plastic with vent areas on the back in the vicinity of the edges between the rear section and the sides. Viewing the object from the rear reveals numerous other holes, depressions, and pressure-printed writing in the plastic rear section. Twenty of the holes represent metal screws approximately one inch below the surface of the rear panel. There are several depressed rectangular areas comprising metallic contact posts of the type ordinarily associated with cabled communications providers. Finally, there is an electrical power cord emanating from one lower corner of the rear portion of the object.
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The sensory experiment confirmed the initial hypothesis that the use of visual sensory information, though very helpful and more convenient than employing other senses instead, is not absolutely necessary to identify an object accurately. By combining the sensory data ascertained by physical touch, smell, sound, and taste, the experimenter managed to correctly identify the object. Subsequent visual observation confirmed virtually every element of the earlier conclusions made possible by the non-visual senses.

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