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Something strange I noticed...
2004-12-07, 2:28 PM #1
While I was using the washroom earlier, I starred at one of the grooves/spaces between the tiles and I noticed that if I starred long enough at the line, that some or all of the lines would disapear completely. Its quite strange, do any of you know what "this" is called or why it happens?
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2004-12-07, 2:38 PM #2
Same effect as if you stare at the leg of a chair long enough, it disappears.
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2004-12-07, 2:44 PM #3
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Originally posted by Wolfy
Same effect as if you stare at the leg of a chair long enough, it disappears.


Usually because someone takes the chair to sit in whilst they play poker.
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2004-12-07, 2:53 PM #4
If you stare at the same spot anywhere long enough, your vision tends to become very odd. Sometimes when I do it, things start 'breathing' and turning different colours, as though I've used some kind of hallucinogenic drug.
It might be caused by the afterimage. If you look at an image for a while, then look away, you see the same image with the colours inverted. Perhaps if you keep this afterimage in the same spot as the image, they cancel each other out.
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2004-12-07, 2:54 PM #5
i don't get it.
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2004-12-07, 3:02 PM #6
I think it happens beause your brain tends to blur the colors together after a while; especially for patterns.
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2004-12-07, 3:48 PM #7
Peripheral vision? :confused:
2004-12-07, 3:57 PM #8
The part of your field of vision that is actually in focus is really only about the size of a quarter held at arm's length. The brain compensates for this by moving the eyes around constantly, to develop an overall mental picture of your surroundings. If you deliberately hold your eyes still, everything outside the quarter-sized area you're looking at directly falls out of focus. This is probably at least part of the cause of what you're talking about.

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2004-12-07, 4:15 PM #9
Yeah, like I said, peripheral vision. :p
2004-12-07, 4:35 PM #10
Ever stared up at the night sky? Any star that you focus on will pretty much disappear, and the ones around it will become brighter, if you focus on another star, it will come back into view.
This may be related to your question.
2004-12-07, 4:42 PM #11
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Originally posted by Mikus
Ever stared up at the night sky? Any star that you focus on will pretty much disappear, and the ones around it will become brighter, if you focus on another star, it will come back into view.
This may be related to your question.


That's because the centre of your retina has more cones, and the rest has more rods. Cones are less sensitive but can detect colour. If your eyes had only rods and no cones, you would be colourblind, but you would see extremely well in the dark, and possibly also be able to see smaller details at a greater distance.
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2004-12-07, 4:45 PM #12
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2004-12-07, 5:11 PM #13
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Originally posted by Flirbnic
That's because the centre of your retina has more cones, and the rest has more rods. Cones are less sensitive but can detect colour. If your eyes had only rods and no cones, you would be colourblind, but you would see extremely well in the dark, and possibly also be able to see smaller details at a greater distance.


That's me to a tee. Colourblind, but with excellent night vision, long sight, but also able to focus on near objects. It's a price I'd pay by choice, but got by chance!

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2004-12-07, 5:20 PM #14
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Originally posted by Flirbnic
That's because the centre of your retina has more cones, and the rest has more rods. Cones are less sensitive but can detect colour. If your eyes had only rods and no cones, you would be colourblind, but you would see extremely well in the dark, and possibly also be able to see smaller details at a greater distance.


that is also why when looking at star clusters through a big telescope, you should look at it with your eye off center to see it better.

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2004-12-07, 6:46 PM #15
This is really interesting because it raises the question if your eyes are missing these mundane small colors, then perhaps we aren't seeing other things? maybe there things out there that are so amazing our eyes cant even comprehend them. Who knows what we could be missing.
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2004-12-07, 6:55 PM #16
the plot.
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2004-12-07, 6:57 PM #17
It happens for the same reason that you stop noticing a smell after being exposed to it for a while. Your brain starts to filter out what it considers to be "useless" information.
2004-12-08, 9:03 AM #18
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Originally posted by Sol
While I was using the washroom earlier, I starred at one of the grooves/spaces between the tiles and I noticed that if I starred long enough at the line, that some or all of the lines would disapear completely. Its quite strange, do any of you know what "this" is called or why it happens?
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2004-12-08, 9:06 AM #19
I think i need glasses, I seem to be getting mothion blur, when i move my eyes around
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2004-12-08, 9:12 AM #20
Nah, you just need to sober up.
2004-12-08, 9:19 AM #21
Martyn, do you even know what sobering-up is?
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2004-12-08, 11:32 AM #22
Everybody also has a blind spot where you can't see anything.
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