(Continued)
Could it possibly be that the brain would merge the two seen stripes into one continuous field having discontinuous subject matter? (Like seeing mount Rushmore without the two middle presidents).
DJ
Yes, that may be true. And I think that's why a lot of restaurants have red decor so as to bring out the "wild and voracious" in us.
But what I'm curious about is what does it mean not to see, especially partially as in the case with the red dot.
Or let me put it another way:
Suppose my field...
Robin,
The scene I've described was very hypothetical and is close to being absurd. To make it even more absurd I'll say that each and every nanobot has a Ph.d. and is trained in distinguishing between neurons belonging to the optical nerves and those neurons that are involved with "creating"...
You're abs right, Robin.
But what we're doing here with this thread, I think, are kind of "thought experiments." Like: "What if" experiments.
We definitely cannot see photons in transit. Even the nerthern auroras are photons interacting with interstellar particles, and similarly are rainbows...
Thanks, Warren.
Just clarifying the language makes for better communication.
Would you think, as some do here, that darkness perceived by the brain is merely the absence of brightness?
My feeling is that darkness must be manufactured by the brain just as much as brightness must.
We are...
Yes, Warren, and it will take me a while to understand the distinction.
Is there any way that you could guide me towards understanding where sensation occurs and where perception does (pertaining to vision)?
Also, when I touch a hot object, what in this process is perception and what is...
It's amazing to realize that the world out there, beyond our retinas, is not at all bright even on a cloudless day in Arizona!
And what's even more amazing is that even on a moonless night in a desert, the world "out there" isn't at all dark!
It's our brains that manufacture brightness and...