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justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

You can see your nose at all times, as it is within your field of vision at all times - but your brain filters it out, so what you actually “see” is a nose-free impression of your surroundings. It works like a movie editor that removes unwanted parts from raw fotage before the movie is actually shown to the public.

If blinking were a total blackout for a fraction of a second, I’d wager the human brain would have developed a workaround to delete that as well, so you wouldn’t even notice a difference.

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UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

so what you actually “see” is a nose-free impression of your surroundings

yeah, i wish.

I was gifted a big fat bulbous beak from my parents, it’s half my vision!

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- Aleric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Same. No matter how fast I turn my head, it always seems to move faster!
  
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- Drusas@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I've got a narrow nose, and I still notice it all the time.
  
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NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Already does. Persistence of vision. It’s why some seconds seem longer when you look at a clock suddenly. Your brain fills in the missing “frames” with what it thinks should be there.

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