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> there's an argument that our eyes are very coarse sensors. Instead they do basic analysis from which the brain can infer the real world around us with other d
by jstanley 2y ago
> there's an argument that our eyes are very coarse sensors. Instead they do basic analysis from which the brain can infer the real world around us with other data from other organs
I don't buy it. I think our eyes are approximately as fine as we perceive them to be.
When you look through a pair of binoculars at a boat and some trees on the other side of a lake, the only organ that's getting a magnified view is the eyes, so any information you derive comes from the eyes and your imagination, it can't have been secretly inferred from other senses.
- andsoitis 2y agoThe brain turns the raw input from the eyes into the rich, layered visual experience we have of the world: - basic features (color, brightness and contrast, edges and shapes, motion and direction) - depth and spatial relationships - recognition - location and movement - focus and attention - prediction and filling in gaps “Seeing” real world requires much more than simply seeing with one eye.