Human Imperfection

[T3D Shab Levy <shab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>We've been talking about image resolution as it affects 
>cardboarding over on P3D but I got to thinking about 
>resolution at the other end of the system - the retina.  
>Unlike some critters (cephalopods?), humans have their 
>retinas pasted on the backs of their eyes inside out.  
>So light has to go through all the neurons and ganglia 
>and stuff, about 100 microns of it, before it reaches 
>the rods and cones, which I believe are 2 or 3 microns 
>on center.  My question is, how badly does this degrade 
>our vision, allowing for all the best algorithms being 
>in place to sort out the diffusion/turbidity-degraded 
>image that reaches the rods & cones?
> 
>John B

What are the other choices John? Isn't the human body 
designed to function optimally?

Shab Levy


------------------------------