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Human Vision Can Sense a Single Photon
Institute for Creation Research ^ | 8-8-16 | Brian Thomas

Posted on 08/09/2016 8:13:55 AM PDT by fishtank

Human Vision Can Sense a Single Photon

by Brian Thomas, M.S. *

How well designed is the human visual system? Biophysics researchers from the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Austria and Rockefeller University recently demonstrated that people can see just a single photon of light. This led them to ask how evolution could have crafted a visual system sophisticated enough to overcome the overwhelming problem of discerning single photons from the sea of electromagnetic, molecular, and electrochemical "noise" inside a human head.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: creation; intelligentdesign
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1 posted on 08/09/2016 8:13:55 AM PDT by fishtank
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To: fishtank
Granted, these are pretty big...


2 posted on 08/09/2016 8:17:38 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: COBOL2Java

Geordi can see the energy buildup from the hull stresses on an enemy ship,

but Picard only fires back after their own shields get drained to 20%.

.....


3 posted on 08/09/2016 8:24:16 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

The photon and the human eye were created for just such a purpose.


4 posted on 08/09/2016 8:26:56 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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5 posted on 08/09/2016 8:27:28 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: fishtank; The Mayor; PROCON
The beginning of shining a blinding light of creation on the evolutionists lies.
6 posted on 08/09/2016 8:28:26 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said? was let used as the NM reporter car)
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To: Boogieman

Wait a moment. Isn’t Kirk usually to busy being awesome to hear or make those kind of remarks?


7 posted on 08/09/2016 8:30:44 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: fishtank

I bet Obama can see his ears


8 posted on 08/09/2016 8:33:27 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: fishtank

ping for later


9 posted on 08/09/2016 8:36:29 AM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Sopater

Yes, and the reason your eyes get weaker with age is that is God’s way of keeping marriages strong.


10 posted on 08/09/2016 8:38:34 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: fishtank

You would think that the problem with the shields going down would have been solved by the 24th century.


11 posted on 08/09/2016 8:42:37 AM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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To: fishtank

It is actually logical conclusion that the brain can detect a single photon.

What it does is detect zillions of single photons and arrange them into a color discriminated visual pattern.


12 posted on 08/09/2016 8:43:44 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
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To: fishtank
They come from the nowhere and go to the no place.
13 posted on 08/09/2016 8:48:20 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: fishtank

All of our wealth and technology. All of our arrogance. And our best cameras cannot even approach what Nature’s God gifted us ages ago.


14 posted on 08/09/2016 9:01:52 AM PDT by montag813
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To: COBOL2Java

Thanks for saving me the trouble of diggin one of those images up. d;^)


15 posted on 08/09/2016 9:06:02 AM PDT by CopperTop
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To: outofsalt
God’s way of keeping marriages strong.

And at night all cats are grey.

Just ask that Franklin guy!

16 posted on 08/09/2016 9:15:13 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: montag813
All of our wealth and technology. All of our arrogance. And our best cameras cannot even approach what Nature’s God gifted us ages ago.

YEah! We're just soooo good at seeing outside of 400-900nm ...

17 posted on 08/09/2016 9:19:47 AM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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A single photon triggers a photo emulsion and also a CCD. Cascading biochemical reactions triggered by a single photon, electron, atom, or molecule are quite common in biological systems. I dare say life would be impossible without them.


18 posted on 08/09/2016 9:31:21 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: fishtank
Yeah, but still some women look drastically different depending on how the light hits them.


19 posted on 08/09/2016 9:33:26 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: outofsalt

LOL
That would also explain the diminution
of the sense of smell.


20 posted on 08/09/2016 9:47:42 AM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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