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Why am I unable to see all twelve dots simultaneosly?
I was looking at that famous '12 dots' image where you're supposed to be able to see all twelve dots at the same time. But for some reason, I can only ever see some of them. Why is that?
The inability to see all twelve dots simultaneously has to do with the limits of our peripheral vision. Our eyes have a small area of sharp focus called the fovea, where we can see details clearly. But beyond the fovea, our visual acuity drops off rapidly, so we can't see details as well. This means that our brain has to fill in the gaps in our vision by making assumptions about what's there based on what we can see clearly.