There is a Cambridge University legend of one of the Dons who no-one could catch in conversation on any subject where the Don did not have a robust and detailed understanding- they tried physics and geography, national and local physics. Till one day a post-grad studied up on Norweigian First Division football, and buttonholed the man at lunch and asked about the prospects for Ham-Kam in the upcoming match.
And the Don leaned over to get his sandwich and without looking back said "Well I would have said it's an easy win but with Bondevik being injured in the last game I think their defence is lacking ..."
I know I should go and spend a few days learning what the relationship between cones in my eyes and intensity of photons is and how it affects color perception.
But I just don't know how some people find the time to learn the Norwegian football leagues - not because it might come in handy, not because i'm not smart enough, but I just don't know how to arrange the worlds information so it can arrive in my perception so I can learn it.
In short it's not about smart, it's not about hard work, it's about which hard work and how to keep learning more.
I am just not sure how many years left there are to give to whimesy
In the foveal center just a very few cones are effectively wired to one or two retinal ganglion cells. Little divergence of signal. But the aperture of a cone is well under a micron. In the nasal periphery cone apertures are much larger and single cones could be targeted. These large cones will activate large networks and indirectly perhaps dozens of retinal ganglion cells.
There will be a literature on the psychophysical detection limits. I suspect you will find most individuals would report a tiny blip of light in both regions.
And the Don leaned over to get his sandwich and without looking back said "Well I would have said it's an easy win but with Bondevik being injured in the last game I think their defence is lacking ..."
I know I should go and spend a few days learning what the relationship between cones in my eyes and intensity of photons is and how it affects color perception.
But I just don't know how some people find the time to learn the Norwegian football leagues - not because it might come in handy, not because i'm not smart enough, but I just don't know how to arrange the worlds information so it can arrive in my perception so I can learn it.
In short it's not about smart, it's not about hard work, it's about which hard work and how to keep learning more.
I am just not sure how many years left there are to give to whimesy