Can we see light?


We can't see light, as it is not detectable, because it neither emits nor reflects anything which would allow us to detect it. Light is in fact, what makes objects visible to us.

Our eyes detect light, but detection is a mechanical process about which we are not directly conscious. While perception is, of seeing something consciously, so detection is not perception.

Our eyes detect light that strikes or hits the retina. And what we consciously perceive or experience are the objects, from which the detected light, originates. So we do not see light, rather we see the (brains representation) objects.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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