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You see light that comes from a lamp and is partly reflected, partly absorbed, and a bit scattered along the way to your retina. With screens, you're looking at
by lou1306 7y ago
You see light that comes from a lamp and is partly reflected, partly absorbed, and a bit scattered along the way to your retina. With screens, you're looking at the lamp.
- coldtea 7y agoDoesn't matter where you're looking at, only the intensity matters (and you can control that). Whether you're looking "at the lamp" or at a newspaper that reflects light, the end result is the same: photons hit your eyes.
- hackerpacker 7y agoyou can stare at the sun to be more productive when viewing the sun as well. /s No, I don't buy the green screen argument, any more than the randomness of paper being somewhat white and ink being in contrast to that. Certainly white on black is useful in astronomy, the stuff you are interested in is lit. This article was such a wall of text, I don't know if it ever supported its conclusion very well, which is ironic for an article promoting "productivity".
- coldtea 7y ago>you can stare at the sun to be more productive when viewing the sun as well. /s Not sure what this even means, sarcasm or not. If the sun could be set in "low brightness", like a screen can (and ignoring infrared), then yes, you _could_ stare in the sun.