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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That, or he’s got absolutely bonkers retinas that have truly incredible sensory density, and an absurdly developed visual cortex to support it.

Argument basis: DSLRs. Compare the detail you can extract from a 1MP sensor to a 100MP sensor, shooting through the same optical setup at the same target.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think the pupil size calculation is based on defraction, so it doesn't matter how dense your retina is, if your pupils are smaller than that you still wont see enough detail. This is one of the reasons why we keep building bigger telescopes and especially telescope arrays. The bigger the effective apeture, the finer the detail it can resolve.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I’m waiting with bated breath until we as a global society can get our shit together enough to create a massive system-wide observation cluster. The shit we’ll learn from that will undoubtedly be incredible. I want my fully automated post-scarcity hedonistic space communism society. But I guess we have to get through the Great Filter first :/