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Subject: [OM] Pixel Wars - The Next Generation
From: usher99@xxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:51:14 -0500
Hah,
Reminds me what von Helmholtz said---if an instrument maker sent him 
the human eye--he would send it back.  Much CA--may answer why so few 
short wavelength cones exist---probably only used for color 
determination with the more predominant yellow end used for higher 
resolution data.  What really matters of course is the final 
constructed image the brain reconstructs of the external world, not the 
retinal image---seems the Great Instrument Maker fixes it in post.

Mike

http://sirl.stanford.edu/~bob/teaching/pdf/arth202/Mollon_ColourArtScience_sm.pdf





This is an example of why the eye is a rather imperfect, but highly
optimised
> design, despite what old creationists used to claim about godly
design
> perfection in the eye!
>
> see curves here: http://www.wendycarlos.com/colorvis/conecurv.jpg
> and discussion of opsins here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodopsin
>
> Tim Hughes


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