Author: John EdserJohn Edser Date: Jul 17, 2008 11:07
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.
JE:-
IMO the detection of one photon by the human eye does not constitute the
detection of one quantum _event_. For example, that would require the
unaided human eye to be able to perceive one electron...
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