WEIRD: YOUR BRAIN HALTS ALL VISUAL INPUT WHEN YOUR EYES MOVE QUICKLY (SACCADING)
SCARY: IT ALTERS YOUR MEMORY TO MAKE YOU THINK THE MOVE WAS INSTANTANEOUS
VERY SCARY: IF YOU FOCUS, THERE'S A SPLIT SECOND WHERE YOUR VISION'S SETTLED BUT YOU CAN STILL FEEL YOUR EYES MOVING
..………..………..tried this a bunch of times, and..???
...does our brain ”guess“ what's there first, then?
is that part of why we sometimes ”see“ things?
nope, the brain's seeing what's actually there afaik! the memory of what you should have been seeing gets inserted into the stack at the same "moment" as you moving your eyes, so the two sensations feel like they coincide even though they physically cannot
a good part of your brain is dedicated to compensate for your retina being a biological object that is not machined to precision
wait is "reaction time" actually an artifact of our brains putting our experience of reality on tape delay
just putting this together now and I feel weird about it
there's also that cool fovea blind spot effect where your brain just makes up shit that is consistent with what should be there
