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[–] pwalshj 21 points 11 months ago (4 children)

So is this like a type of buffering? Saving brain RAM?

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Brain interpolating the parts of the image missing due to blood vessels, etc over the retina I think

[–] UsernameIsTooLon 8 points 11 months ago

It's more like shortcutting via pattern recognition

[–] Psythik 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Your eyes are very low resolution outside of the center of your vision, so your brain makes up a lot of missing info to prevent you from noticing. Try reading this comment without moving your eyes, for example. Keep them straight ahead. It is impossible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah this, most of the sides of the retinas are meant for color distinction and not granular details, the only detailed part of our eyes is very close to center

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I think you actually can see them all at once but they just blend in with the grey lines. If the dots were orange, you'd see all of them at once.