This essay will reflect on Nagel's argument of why we cannot understand what it is like to be a bat. Using similar logic it will discuss why we cannot understand what it is like to be another human being and why other human beings cannot understand what it is like to be me. Nagel argues that in order to understand what it is like to be a bat, one must have the same conscious experiences the bat has. Since bats have different types of senses (which include echolocation and sonar) a human being cannot understand what it is like to be a bat. Humans do not possess these senses and, therefore, cannot have the same conscious perception of a bat. Humans can only assume what it is like to be a bat and because they do not have the same sensing ability that bat's possess, they cannot conceive experiences as a bat would. Although humans typically have the same senses as other humans they have different acuities for each sense. Unfortunately, some humans do not possess a particular type of sense that others may have. Based on these varying acuities of sense, I argue that I do not conceive senses exactly the same as another human and another human will not conceive senses exactly the way I do. It is important to consider that some humans do not possess the same senses as other humans. For example let's consider the sense of vision. Some humans may be colorblind, partially blind or completely blind. A completely blind individual will not have the sense of vision and therefore they do not have the same senses as I do. Therefore, they will not have the same conscious experience that I have. I use my vision to help me understand what I am doing, what I am eating, where I am going and what I am reading. People without the sense of vision will not be able rely on this sense to understand what they are doing, what they are eating, where they are going and what they are reading. They will rely on other senses to make those judgments. Furtherm