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insect
Senior Member

since 2000-04-22

Posts 1014

0 posted 2001-02-22 11:18 PM

Blind spot experiment for anyone who has never tried this before!

Did you know that you have a blind spot?
And I’m not talking about the one when you are driving! Ha!
Seriously try this.
I’m not an expert on eyes but this test is interesting!
So give it a go and see if you can find your blind spot.
Here’s what you do.
If you scroll down the page to an X and an O

1) Cover your left eye with your left hand so you cannot see out of it
2) Look straight and directly at the letter on the left which is X
3) Slowly move your face closer to the screen always looking at the X
4) Stop when the other letter disappears!

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Acies

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

1 posted 2001-02-22 11:49 PM

huh? i think im lost

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

2 posted 2001-02-22 11:49 PM

Hey that is strange. I didn't have to get too close to realize the O was gone.

Swamp¤Faeryie
Member

since 2000-12-04

Posts 393
fairyland....of course;)

3 posted 2001-02-22 11:52 PM

o never disappeared

Parker
Member Elite

since 2000-01-06

Posts 3129
ON

4 posted 2001-02-22 11:59 PM

cool, it worked for me... I had to look right at the x with my right eye straight on. and it disappeared at about a foot to 10 inches away and stayed gone for a few inches.

Parker

Colin
Senior Member

since 1999-06-05

Posts 596
Callington, Cornwall, England

5 posted 2001-02-23 01:12 AM

Oooooh it worked! Clever clever

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. - Bill Vaughan

SpitFire
Member Elite

since 2000-04-19

Posts 2396

6 posted 2001-02-23 08:36 AM

~I think that you were just doing this so's anyone peeking in on me would think I was some kind of freak or something,...moving my head up and back from the screen ten times with my hand over one eye! hahahaa! Very funny you! I'll try again, what the heck. Hmm. *Peace.

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

7 posted 2001-02-23 10:37 AM

arghhh

it doesn't work

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

8 posted 2001-02-23 12:28 PM

Maybe you're doing it too fast acire.

Yea the O did dissapear.....

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

PhaerieChild
Senior Member

since 1999-08-30

Posts 1787
Aloha, Oregon

9 posted 2001-02-23 05:08 PM

The O disappeared at about 7 inches from the screen. How totally bizarre!!! Had fun with that one though. Thanks!

How can you save me?
When the dark comes right in and takes me,
from my front walk and into bed,
where it kisses my face and eats my head. Shivaree

Parker
Member Elite

since 2000-01-06

Posts 3129
ON

10 posted 2001-02-23 05:14 PM

acire, I just measured it for me... the O disappeared completely at 11 inches.
I look straight at the x with my right eye and my left covered. also at eye level. move in from about 20 inches very slowly(snails pace) or you'll miss it. never take your eye off the x, and you'll notice the O is missing in your perevereal vision.

Parker

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

11 posted 2001-02-23 05:43 PM

Uh-oh...think I did this too much...now the X is gone too...

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

12 posted 2001-02-23 06:05 PM

I'm telling you, It doesn't work

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Severn
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

13 posted 2001-02-23 08:07 PM

Oh of course it works Acs...

of course it does.

cover your left eye - stare at x...move closer. O will disappear. It's biological.

K

...and I have found a lifetime can be lived in one moment...

Elizabeth

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Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

14 posted 2001-02-23 09:43 PM

Works for me.

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

15 posted 2001-02-23 10:19 PM

oh yeah

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

insect
Senior Member

since 2000-04-22

Posts 1014

16 posted 2001-02-24 12:15 PM

LOL Fire
Now would I make up a strange story like that just to
get you to do silly things so someone might catch you.

[This message has been edited by insect (edited 02-24-2001).]

insect
Senior Member

since 2000-04-22

Posts 1014

17 posted 2001-02-24 01:06 AM

Serenity…since your X is gone too!

For you

+ HUG

Skyfyre
Senior Member

since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

18 posted 2001-02-24 03:00 PM

Yep, biological ...

Fortunately for us, the "blind spot" isn't large enough to cause us to miss anything substantial ... unless you read with one eye closed *wink*

Linda

kat
Member

since 2000-05-20

Posts 387

19 posted 2001-04-08 08:18 PM

Ummmm...Insect? This was great but next time warn me not to over do this experiment and please tell me how much pressure I should add onto my eye when I'm covering it with my hand. Had a week long blind spot. Guess that's why it took so long for me to respond.

<<<<<< Look! My eye still has trouble staying open!! HA!
Loved this alot and was very suprised when it worked. Thought you were pulling our legs.

kat(purr purr)

Jamie
Member Elite

since 2000-06-26

Posts 3168
Blue Heaven

20 posted 2001-04-10 12:35 PM

The O did not disappear--- I could no longer tell it was an O but i could see the darkspot on the screen-- even when my forehead touched it

Jamie
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since 2000-06-26

Posts 3168
Blue Heaven

21 posted 2001-04-10 11:27 PM

errr-- it does now--- i wonder if the poison ivy in my right eye affects it/---rofl

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

22 posted 2001-04-14 09:22 AM

If I take my glasses off they both disappear.
Does that count?

"I hate quotes, they suck!"
I.G. Norance

LoveBug

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since 2000-01-08

Posts 4697

23 posted 2001-04-14 02:16 PM

That was cool... but I accidentally tore my contact while I was covering my eye!

Just imagine geeky little Erica in her thick glasses! AH!

"Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel."-Machiavelli

Fading Away

Member Elite

since 2001-03-14

Posts 3131
Lynchburg, Virginia

24 posted 2001-04-17 12:22 PM

This is great! Ha.. It really worked. That's pretty neat.

subconsciously, i think i can eat so much to make my stomach hurt, instead of my heart.

bslicker

Member Elite

since 2000-12-04

Posts 2321
state of mind

25 posted 2001-04-17 07:16 AM

Wow, insect here is just to show you that one can really get people to do things........ I am laughing my head off on how many people are actually putting there nose to there screen..lol ok everyone wash those monitors, now...lol opps.... the O just disappeared... got me tooooooooo....
Bernie

A smile a day keeps the world in smile's.
Bernie Slicker

insect
Senior Member

since 2000-04-22

Posts 1014

26 posted 2004-02-16 08:14 PM

This has disappeared for awhile so I thought
I would make it reappear!

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