From: Mark Grant (mark@unicorn.com)
Date: Fri Jan 31 1997 - 16:14:49 MST
On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Guru George wrote:
> Your blind spot is where you *seem* to be seeing the physical world (if
> you were asked you might say "Blind spot, blind spot, we ain't got no
> steenkin' blind spot!") - but you aren't really seeing anything at all
> 'there', as you can attest if you do the relevant experiment.
Precisely. So you're not seeing the physical world, you're seeing data
inputs as processed by your brain.
> BTW, there is
> external input to the blind spot, surely?
Yes, photons come in, but nothing is sent to your brain so it's useless.
Mark
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