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Oct 26, 2026
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
a tough white outer layer known as the sclera to maintain its structure, and tear glands that secrete a protective film.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
But equally important was the accompanying evolution of the brain, with its expansion of the visual cortex to process the sharper and more colorful images it was receiving.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
We now know that far from being an ideal masterpiece of design, our eye bears traces of its step-by-step evolution.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
For example, the human retina is inverted, with light-detecting cells facing away from the eye opening.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
This results in a blind spot, where the optic nerve must pierce the retina to reach the photosensitive layer in the back.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
So if you could design an eye, would you do it any differently? This question isn't as strange as it might sound.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
Today, doctors and scientists are looking at different eye structures to help design biomechanical implants for the vision impaired.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
And in the not-so-distant future, the machines built with the precision and flexibility of the human eye may even enable it to surpass its own evolution.
Rod PyleHOST
We've got decades and decades of increasingly high resolution images of every nanometer of the lunar surface, at least within, you know, a certain, uh, equatorial distance.
Rod PyleHOST
So they made a very big deal about, "Yes, but we're seeing it with human eyes." I thought, this sounds like a rationalization.
Chelsea GohdGUEST
[laughs]
Rod PyleHOST
What, what was it that's so special, if you know, about seeing it-
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Yeah
Rod PyleHOST
... with human eyes versus instrumentation?
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Well, there are, there are a few things that they...
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Like, seeing it with human eyes was really- The best, and in some cases the only way to really make these observations, um, the main one being the impact flashes.
Rod PyleHOST
We've got decades and decades of increasingly high resolution images of every nanometer of the lunar surface, at least within, you know, a certain, uh, equatorial distance.
Rod PyleHOST
So they made a very big deal about, "Yes, but we're seeing it with human eyes." I thought, this sounds like a rationalization.
Chelsea GohdGUEST
[laughs]
Rod PyleHOST
What, what was it that's so special, if you know, about seeing it-
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Yeah
Rod PyleHOST
... with human eyes versus instrumentation?
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Well, there are, there are a few things that they, like seeing it with human eyes was really- The best, and in some cases the only way to really make these observations, um, the main one being the impact flashes.
Chelsea GohdGUEST
So these tiny, like just a couple-inch long little rocks hitting the moon, no atmosphere to slow them down, just, you know, barreling into the moon.
Rod PyleHOST
We've got decades and decades of increasingly high resolution images of every nanometer of the lunar surface, at least within, you know, a certain, uh, equatorial distance.
Rod PyleHOST
So they made a very big deal about, yes, but we're seeing it with human eyes, and I thought, "This sounds like a rationalization."
Chelsea GohdGUEST
[laughs]
Rod PyleHOST
[laughs]What was it that's so special, if you know, about seeing it-
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Yeah
Rod PyleHOST
... with human eyes versus instrumentation?
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Well, there are, there are a few things that they, like seeing it with human eyes was really the best, and in some cases, the only way to really make these observations, um, the main one being the impact flashes.
Chelsea GohdGUEST
So these tiny, like, just a couple-inch long little rocks hitting the Moon, no atmosphere to slow them down, just, you know, barreling into the Moon, um, they were happening too fast for them to capture them, uh-
Rod PyleHOST
We've got decades and decades of increasingly high resolution images of every nanometer of the lunar surface, at least within, you know, a certain, uh, equatorial distance.
Rod PyleHOST
So they made a very big deal about, "Yes, but we're seeing it with human eyes." I thought, this sounds like a rationalization.
Chelsea GohdGUEST
[laughs]
Rod PyleHOST
What, wh- What was it that's so special, if you know, about seeing it-
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Yeah
Rod PyleHOST
... with human eyes versus instrumentation?
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Well, there are, there are a few things that they, like seeing it with human eyes was really the best and in some cases the only way to really make these observations.
Chelsea GohdGUEST
Um, the main one being the impact flashes.
Krys BoydHOST
We've taken pictures of at least the bright side of the moon for a really long time.
Krys BoydHOST
How much better is the human eye at distinguishing color than even the best cameras? So much better.
Kory StamperGUEST
Even with all of our technological expertise and all of the innovations we have, the human eye is the best tool we have for distinguishing what's called fine color distinctions.
Kory StamperGUEST
And even when people say, oh, I'm not very good at matching colors, you're still better than most of the instruments that we have.
Kory StamperGUEST
And so what's fascinating is that there's this big push in color science towards standardization, regularization.
Kory StamperGUEST
There's a lot of development of new technologies.
Kory StamperGUEST
But ultimately, the human eye perceives more colors than any tool can and perceives fine color differences better than anything else.
Krys BoydHOST
So Paul Carhart wants really good color definitions in the dictionary, and he decides that he needs to hire scientists to do this.