The_Lemmington_Post@discuss.online to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoHow do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality.message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down11
arrow-up1173arrow-down1message-squareHow do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality.The_Lemmington_Post@discuss.online to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months agoWe all have blind spots because there’s a hole in the retina in the back of the eye for the optical nerve. The spots are located on the outer top side of our field of view and you can become aware of them with some visual tests online.
minus-squareEiri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAnother fun thing you can do is look at the sky (not the sun!) on a sunny day and start seeing your blood circulation and blind spot.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt sounds like Op is describing motion blindness. I do not know how those people function.
We all have blind spots because there’s a hole in the retina in the back of the eye for the optical nerve. The spots are located on the outer top side of our field of view and you can become aware of them with some visual tests online.
Another fun thing you can do is look at the sky (not the sun!) on a sunny day and start seeing your blood circulation and blind spot.
It sounds like Op is describing motion blindness.
I do not know how those people function.