The Vision Revolution: Eyes Are the Source of Human "Superpowers"
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 14:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Reaching beyond "how," and instead inquiring "why" vision evolved as it has over millions of years, Mark Changizi made a startling discovery: human beings do, indeed, have superpowers - telepathy, X-ray vision, seeing the future, and speaking with the dead. And it turns out that these superpowers, all related to vision, have been instrumental in shaping the way we interact with and see the world.