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My theory is it has to do with the eyes. The optical input capacity of a human per day has just got to be an incredible stress on the brain.
by hindsightbias 13y ago
My theory is it has to do with the eyes. The optical input capacity of a human per day has just got to be an incredible stress on the brain.
- CaveTech 13y agoThen blind people wouldn't need nearly as much sleep, and I don't believe that to be the case.
- eruditely 13y agoMaybe it depends on what type of blind people?
- PakG1 13y agoConsider that blind people often have their other senses enhanced by the body to compensate for the lack of sight. Perhaps it balances out.
- FreeFull 13y agoI think there has been a study where it was found that the senses aren't actually enhanced, but they just pay more attention to them.
- beagle3 13y agoOptic nerves carry thousand to millions of times more information than either audial or touch (e.g. Compare AAC to H264 per second). Even much enhanced, other senses don't provide even remotely as much information.