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September 6, 2002

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. What does it take for the world to disappear before your eyes? Think optics, eyeball jiggle, and Jurassic Park.

    A. Start with the flip-flop optics of your eyes' lenses actually painting the world upside down on your retinas. To compensate for this inversion, your body's map on your brain is also upside down -- keeps the map in synch with visual space -- says State University of New York neurosurgeon James Holsapple. "In this sense, your brain is hanging by its toes in your cranium!"


     
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