The Great Exponential Blind Spot
Every human eye has a blind spot. Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The optic nerve, which carries visual data from the eye to the brain, exits the rear of the eye. And that tiny exit contains no light receptors. A blind spot. We are unaware of our twin blind spots because the brain interpolates missing detail from the opposite eye. And fools us into thinking we receive a complete image from each eye when, in fact, each eye is partly blind. You can prove it to yourself. Just look at the plus sign below. Notice the zero to the right. But focus on the plus sign. Now close the left...