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  • $\begingroup$ I don't think the distinction between "primary sense organ" and not has anything to do with the differences in how vision and audition work; I think you're also underselling the discriminatory functions of auditory scene reconstruction which are super important for humans, see e.g. the "cocktail party problem". I think the physical differences between the physical stimuli are more meaningful. $\endgroup$ Commented 13 hours ago
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    $\begingroup$ @BryanKrause My point there was that our eyes are something like 80% of our input in daily life - brain devotes ~30% space to visual processing vs ~8% to auditory. $\endgroup$ Commented 9 hours ago
  • $\begingroup$ I'm not saying those things aren't true, I'm saying they don't relate to the differences in how vision and audition are processed, which are similar in other mammals that are not nearly as vision-dominant as us primates. Also as John points out there's really only one receptor type in the ear (maybe two, if you want to distinguish inner and outer ear). $\endgroup$ Commented 8 hours ago