Plato Got Vision Totally Wrong

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We used to think our eyes could see things using something called "visual fire". This short film explains how we managed to move away from this theory and come to understand how our sight really works. Made in collaboration with MinuteEarth and Derek of Veritasium, and originally released in 2018.

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Created by Henry Reich

Produced by Joshua Chawner

00:00 Intro

00:12 Balor's Poisonous Eye

01:14 Paradigms

02:12 Plato: The Eye Emits "Visual Fire"

04:02 Problems & Progress

05:33 Ibn al-Haytham: The Eye Sees Light!

09:08 Kepler: The Eye's Lens

10:46 Optics and Biology

13:47 Credits & Sponsor