Mastodawn

Interesting study on screen resolutions and human eye capabilities. Great example of how science and products can differ. The study results suggest that the human eye can distinguish more pixels than assumed so far. However, consumer behaviour and available products deviate so far from what makes sense scientifically, a lot of people still have a TV with a uselessly high resolution at home.
Guardian summary https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/27/ultra-hd-televisions-4k-8k-not-noticeably-better-study
or scientific paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.06068
#perception

Ultra-HD televisions not noticeably better for typical viewer, scientists say

Research shows 4K or 8K screens offer no distinguishable benefit over similarly sized 2K screen in average living room

The Guardian

Microglyphics 19h ago

“We have confused the act of exposure with the act of understanding.” — The Illusion of Light: Thinking After the Enlightenment, Bry Willis

👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/10/20/book-announcement-illusion-of-light/

📕 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971086974

#book #philosophy #enlightenment #perception #understanding #meme #blogpost #criticalthinking #criticaltheory #critique #amwriting #promotion #art #graffiti #wallart #message

Philo Sophies 20h ago

❓What if the world you see is only a fraction of #reality? 👁 🌌

Our #senses do not show us objective #reality—they create it. #WolfSinger in the new #Zoomposium: Our #brain constructs a four-dimensional reality from sensory data—but beyond that lies a world that we cannot (yet) comprehend.

📽 https://youtu.be/C2FVIbAyaH4

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/03/22/kann-das-gehirn-das-gehirn-verstehen/

#Perception #Consciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #Neuroscience #Cognition #Neurophilosophy

Valdeloire 1d ago

Кожна мова ...
Федеріко Фелліні

Ogni lingua ...
Federico Fellini
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/luzasubuco

#мова #світ #культура #сприйняття #Фелліні
#language #world #culture #perception #Fellini

cesium 3d ago

Now that I have a mental model for 3D shapes (not a visual perception from the eyes, but an inner representation that I can imagine/handle as volumes instead of as pictures/lines) I can better understand how not straightforward it is to "draw what you see"

to the point that I have to consciously switch between modes, and get (back) to the flattened perception to be able to draw as I am used to

#drawing #3DVision #perception

michael 4d ago

22-Oct-2025
#Ants use a genetic 'bulldozer' to achieve a hyper-specific sense of #smell
Ants solve a universal #olfactory
coding problem with unique transcriptional mechanisms, fostering complex social interactions to prevent societal collapse

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1102825

#science #ecology #perception #neuroscience #insects

Ants use a genetic 'bulldozer' to achieve a hyper-specific sense of smell

Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds. In a new study published in Nature, researchers at New York University have discovered what ants use to solve this biological puzzle: a self-regulating system in which choosing one gene physically silences all its neighbors.

EurekAlert!

The Forest Before Us 5d ago

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."
-W.B. Yeats
#photography #nature #naturephotography #quotes #literature #Yeats #perception

The Forest Before Us 5d ago

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
-Robertson Davies
#ai #quotes #philosophy #perception #Davies

WIST Quotations 5d ago

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

If you suffer distress because of some external cause, it is not the thing itself that troubles you but your judgment on it, and it is within your power to cancel that judgment at any moment.

[Εἰ μὲν διά τι τῶν ἐκτὸς λυπῇ, οὐκ ἐκεῖνό σοι ἐνοχλεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὸ σὸν περὶ αὐτοῦ κρῖμα, τοῦτο δὲ ἤδη ἐξαλεῖψαι ἐπὶ σοί ἐστιν.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 8, ch. 47 (8.47) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hard (1997 ed.)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2669…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #aggravation #distress #disturbance #externality #judgment #perception #reaction #selfcontrol #selfdiscipline #trouble #unhappiness #vexation

Hacker News 5d ago

The Logarithmic Time Perception Hypothesis

http://www.kafalas.com/Logtime.html

#HackerNews #LogarithmicTime #Perception #Hypothesis #TimePerception #CognitiveScience #Research #Innovation

Logtime: Logarithmic Time Perception With Aging

Logtime: the hypothesis that our age is our basis for estimating time intervals, resulting in a perceived logarithmic shrinking of our years as we age