Author: VirgilVirgil Date: Jul 16, 2008 13:32
In article darwin.ediacara.org>,
John Edser ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Virgil gmale.com> wrote:
>
>> I understand that the unaided human eye, under suitable circumstances,
>> can detect a single quantum of light impinging on the retina.
>>
>> That strikes me as being a quantum event perceived without the aid of
>> any machine.
>
> JE:-
> I don't think that the perception of one photon via the unaided human
> eye (if true) would validly allow the claim that the human eye can
> perceive unaided, one quantum event.
If the mind of that human perceives what his/her eye detected, which is
implied, most others would allow it, and justifiably so.
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