Why Red Bell Chapter 1

<p>Feb 02, 2014 09:49 PM</p>

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beautiful writing &nbsp;(I ready this on Amazon)</p>

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2 small spheres filled with transparent jelly;</p>

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Kepler in 1604: &nbsp;remarkable book &nbsp;&nbsp;eye worked like a camera;</p>

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Kepler called it a PICTURA or painting &nbsp;on the inside surface of the eyeball;</p>

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function of the eye was to make an image;</p>

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Rene Descartes: &nbsp;ox eye: &nbsp;cut away the back... he could see the image of a bright scene.</p>

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See figure 1.2 by Rene Descartes with &nbsp;crossing again in the "Cartesian Theater" &nbsp;(Dennett coinage)

observed by the pineal gland.</p>

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Descartes &nbsp;page 6: &nbsp;nothing to do with the inverted image... but rather... the way we move our

hands to relate to the image;</p>

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More generally, the code used by the brain is of littel importance, so long as the code is used

appropriately to determine our actions.</p>

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BLIND SPOT and SCOTOMA</p>

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page 6: &nbsp;&nbsp;130 M &nbsp;photrecptors.</p>

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blind spot is large enough to make an orange held at arms length disappear.</p>

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note: free summary only goes up to page 8.</p>

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