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Des Esseintes
Totally agree. If Marshall sees only static images in one dimension, I would have to think that will impede his development. But in interviews and such, he appears to have the regular human complement of eyes, and they move in tandem. I haven't watched much interview footage, mind you, but I think we may conclude Marshall possesses AT MINIMUM the ability to see in two dimensions. Obviously, it would be great if both of his eyes were completely functional and he was capable of depth perception. On a basketball court, depth perception can be a huge advantage over an opponent who lacks it. Same goes for being able to discern movement. Big, big advantage over the opponent who cannot. In that respect, I want Duke to be the hunter, not the hunted, so to speak. Anyway, since I have heard no reports of him being completely blind in either eye or suffering from any hemispheric brain trauma, perhaps that too is a comfortable assumption? Now, the big one: fourth dimension. Is Marshall aware of the existence of time? Again, going off interviews I've heard him refer to events in the past AS WELL AS the future. So unless he's just mimicking stuff he's heard from his big brothers, Marshall probably has some degree of temporal understanding. I hope? We're a prestige program. A center for Duke University must not only be able to recognize what a clock is FOR but also interpret what the clock is SAYING. Fingers crossed, y'all.