Vision
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The Field of Vision Is Two-Dimensional, but We Need to Recognize That It Is Four Dimensional
The ability to move helps us recognize the three-dimensionality of the visual field as well. And so if I see a still image of a park, I might not realize that it is actually just a very realistic life-size painting of a park. If I move around, then I am going to start to see that the tree is not changing in the way I would expect it to change if it were a three-dimensional object. Right? That's going to give me a sense that this is actually a two-dimensional object rather than a real park.
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