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Your brain won't let you see all the dots at once. (lemmy.nz)
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[-] pwalshj@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

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

[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

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

[-] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

It's more like shortcutting via pattern recognition

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] astraeus@programming.dev 4 points 2 years 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

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