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In general, thinking about how we see using metaphors drawn from photographic media (chemical or digital) will lead to deeply incorrect understandings.

We do not see images. Our brain does not have a frame buffer. Our minds construct the visual experiences we have of the world around us. They construct them from reality and we have developed technology that can make recognizable facsimiles of how we see the world, but they have very little to do with each other.




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