In other words, a door is a source of light.
Zane Scheepers
Can we see light?
A tiny fraction, you say? We’ll see! Having argued this point I can tell you from personal experience that a large portion of readers believe we can see actual light.
Photons don’t interact with photons. A photon only interacts with itself.
Going by the first comment, I’ll reserve judgement go now.
Would you care to elaborate?
About your example, would a reflection from a mirror qualify? How about a rainbow? Isn’t that why the images produced are called virtual images? And don’t we see objects?
A rainbow consists of millions of tiny reflections of the sun, off the inner, concave , surface of raindrops, having undergone refraction. You’re seeing multiple reflections of the sun.
Sorry, I’m New here. Thanks.
Light from a building is dispersed, light from a mirror is reflected. With dispersed light, we see (in our minds ) the object dispersing the light. Light disperced by raindrops, makes the raindrops visible. Light reflected by raindrops makes the sun visible.
The list
Basically because processing information is slow. Generating a list when a situation arrises means the ball hits your head before you can figure out you’d rather not experience the pain. Most of our actions are subconscious, like walking and don’t rely on conscious effort.
The conscious mind can be excluded from thought processes. Only becoming aware, post facto, of the reason an action was performed. I agree it needs work, but is it a line of thought worth pursuing?
Like, is detecting light, perceiving light?
The factors are far too complex to predict human behaviour. The list is not perceived consciously. Even if we had the complete list of a person, the situation includes not just external phenomena, but internal variables such as gut bacteria, hormones, etc which combined determines a situation. So a situation which appears the same outwardly could be dramatically different internally.
I appreciate your opinion. If you could justify your opinion with supporting evidence I would greatly appreciate it.
Now that’s what I was looking for. Thanks.
No, I’m not confusing the two. Certain actions are performed by the reptilian brain and others by higher functions. Observing professional sportsmen and women it’s obvious that even these reflex actions can altered. My point is, if muscle memory can allow us to operate on autopilot, how far does the ability of the subconscious extend? Is it possible the subconscious controls all actions and the conscious only becomes aware post facto.
Thanks.
I’m saying detection is a mechanical process of which we aren’t conscious. Even image creation in the visual cortex is subconscious. We only become conscious of a few objects. We conclude that our eyes detect light, but we do not actually perceive light itself.