Comment by coladoir on 04/02/2025 at 23:47 UTC

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View submission: do people with schizophrenia who also need glasses see their hallucinations clear or blurry when not wearing glasses?

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Wikipedia has a self-test[1] that works on literally everyone because every human has the same exact blindspot in nearly exactly the same position. Of course, nobody is ever consciously aware of this blindspot unless it's pointed out–and even then, your brain never stops filling in the spot.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_spot_(vision)#Blind_spot_test

All mammals have the same blindspot, even, though due to anatomical differences the location is unique to genus, but they're all in the same-ish area due to the overall anatomical similarities. Octopi and other cephalopods do not have such a blind spot as their anatomy is structured essentially in the opposite way as ours and as a result of that structural difference does not have the blind spot.

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Comment by Rude-Office-2639 at 05/02/2025 at 11:58 UTC

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Holy shit it worked