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Old 03-21-2008, 02:41 PM   #232 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by shadowind View Post
mmm, so if somebody matched the tiny momements of the eye, could they appear to not move, and thus not be seen?
apparently the answer is yes ....
http://www.newscientist.com/backpage...mg19726382.600

and here's an example of Troxler's fading
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col_lilacChaser/index.html

Science does continually check/reconcile that our perceptions make sense.
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