Is there anything you've always wanted to know? Put those questions here, and maybe someone else on the board will have the knowledge to share. The questions can be about anything-- science, literature, politics, food..you name it. The questions can be as silly or as serious as you would like.
I'll start with something that has never been answered to my satisfaction.
I have always had a question about the human eye. From what I understand, images enter the eye inverted, and then the optical centers of our brains immediately flip them to be right side up, so that our brains can parse the information.
So let's just say that you removed your eyeball, *without* disconnecting the optic nerves, rotated it 180 degrees horizontally, and re-inserted it. I assume that your brain would correct for the inverted position of your eye, but how long would that take? Nobody has ever been able to answer this for me probably because it's kind of impossible to test, but I wonder nonetheless.
I know we all have weird random questions like this. Let's hear 'em!
I'll start with something that has never been answered to my satisfaction.
I have always had a question about the human eye. From what I understand, images enter the eye inverted, and then the optical centers of our brains immediately flip them to be right side up, so that our brains can parse the information.
So let's just say that you removed your eyeball, *without* disconnecting the optic nerves, rotated it 180 degrees horizontally, and re-inserted it. I assume that your brain would correct for the inverted position of your eye, but how long would that take? Nobody has ever been able to answer this for me probably because it's kind of impossible to test, but I wonder nonetheless.
I know we all have weird random questions like this. Let's hear 'em!
