Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoWe tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-down1message-squareWe tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·23 hours agoReally makes ya think what obvious things we might be missing. Maybe all you need to make FTL travel possible is to dinglepop all your schleem using a household plumbus?
Really makes ya think what obvious things we might be missing. Maybe all you need to make FTL travel possible is to dinglepop all your schleem using a household plumbus?