• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Everything gets reflected from the back of our eyes and that’s what gets transferred to our brains, so what we actually see is the inside of our own eyes.

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      And we don’t “see” that reflection directly either. Our brain does a bunch of processing and cleaning of that sensory input to put together the view of the world we actually perceive as our vision. Hence why there’s no obvious blindspot and we don’t perceive each eye independently. Making what we actually see the inside of our own mind.

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      1 year ago

      And because the light gets passed through a pinhole (the pupil) before hitting the back of our eyes, we actually see everything upside-down

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    Have you ever noticed you can look at someone in your passenger seat while driving and talking, yet still recognize a red light out of your peripheral vision and respond to it? Your brain is well adapted to processing and responding to everything within your field of vision. You are focused on both your driving and your passenger, even though one is more centrally focused.