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		Humans can see a single photon at a time (cosmosmagazine.com)
		20 points by azazqadir on July 20, 2016 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

aaron695 on July 20, 2016 [–]

I feel like there's something fishy going on here.

rimunroe on July 20, 2016 | [–]

When I was taking a psych course in college we went over the limits of human perception for various senses. Our prof quoted the limit for detecting light at somewhere between one and five photons hitting the retina in otherwise complete darkness.

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