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Peter's Sight Loss Journey
- Peter, living with retinitis pigmentosa, shares his experience with deteriorating vision.
- He describes navigating daily life with tunnel vision and night blindness, impacting his social life and work.
The Retina: A Complex Computer
- The retina isn't just a light sensor; it's a complex computer.
- It performs "photoshop operations" before sending information to the brain, creating multiple versions of an image.
How the Brain Interprets Vision
- The brain doesn't directly see the world, but interprets multiple "videos" from the retina.
- The fovea, a tiny area in the retina, provides high-resolution vision crucial for humans.