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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hypothetically, if we managed to make a genetically modified human with the eye that you are talking about, what advantages/disadvantages would it have over our current eyes?

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No blind spot and probably better light sensitivity. But it's not like we really need higher light sensitivity as land-dwellers.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

better light sensitivity

I like to think of it as "colors and light so brilliant and pretty it's like tripping shrooms"

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It says vertebrae wouldn't that include cats who have insanely utilitarian eyes

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It does, but their eyes still have blind spots and their eyes could possibly be even better if their photoreceptors were oriented towards the incoming light.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

No red eye in photos!