How does you eyes detect movement better out of the “corner of your eye”, rather than when you are looking directly at the moving object?

http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/raf-pilot-teach-cyclists/

interesting if nothing else.

Judge,
thankyou, will try this when I’m driving next.

bob(from black rock) said:

Judge,
thankyou, will try this when I’m driving next.

Yes indeed.

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Judge,
thankyou, will try this when I’m driving next.

Yes indeed.

Judge,
just checked this and I am able to confirm “that it is so”, but not “why it is so”

I use this technique when driving to spot Messerschmitts and police cars trying to get the jump on me.

wookiemeister said:

I use this technique when driving to spot Messerschmitts and police cars trying to get the jump on me.

If you are still finding 109’s in your peripherals you might need to update your software….

In the broadest terms, central retina does detail and peripheral retina does movement. Probably so you see the tiger before it gets you.

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

I use this technique when driving to spot Messerschmitts and police cars trying to get the jump on me.

If you are still finding 109’s in your peripherals you might need to update your software….

poor bastard , he’ll see the messerschmitts soon enough when it kicks in

buffy said:

In the broadest terms, central retina does detail and peripheral retina does movement. Probably so you see the tiger before it gets you.

Seems like an engineering inevitability. Would it work the other way round?

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

I use this technique when driving to spot Messerschmitts and police cars trying to get the jump on me.

If you are still finding 109’s in your peripherals you might need to update your software….

poor bastard , he’ll see the messerschmitts soon enough when it kicks in

would have preferred that to what has been in my peripherals I can tell you.

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

If you are still finding 109’s in your peripherals you might need to update your software….

poor bastard , he’ll see the messerschmitts soon enough when it kicks in

would have preferred that to what has been in my peripherals I can tell you.

some bloke swinging a broken bottle down on you?

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

poor bastard , he’ll see the messerschmitts soon enough when it kicks in

would have preferred that to what has been in my peripherals I can tell you.

some bloke swinging a broken bottle down on you?

Nothing so benign. If you haven’t kept up I’ve been having nightmares about micro-BH recoil from dropping nuclear weapons from substantial heights.

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

would have preferred that to what has been in my peripherals I can tell you.

some bloke swinging a broken bottle down on you?

Nothing so benign. If you haven’t kept up I’ve been having nightmares about micro-BH recoil from dropping nuclear weapons from substantial heights.

I’ll take my chances with the BH

wookiemeister said:

Postpocelipse said:

wookiemeister said:

some bloke swinging a broken bottle down on you?

Nothing so benign. If you haven’t kept up I’ve been having nightmares about micro-BH recoil from dropping nuclear weapons from substantial heights.

I’ll take my chances with the BH

A massive BH is one thing. I strongly advise against playing silly buggers with micro-BH’s.

Go down this page to the stuff about rod receptors:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/rodcone.html

Postpocelipse said:

A massive BH is one thing. I strongly advise against playing silly buggers with micro-BH’s.

Well, the thing about a black hole – it’s main distinguishing feature – is it’s black. And the thing about space, the colour of space, your basic space colour – is it’s black. So how are you supposed to see them?