A tiny gap in your vision hides in plain sight. You can find it with two marks on paper.
01 · THE BIG IDEARead deeper+
Where the optic nerve leaves your retina, there are no light receptors. Yet you do not normally see a black patch. Your visual system uses surrounding information to fill the gap.
02 · EXAMPLERead deeper+
A dot can disappear while the paper behind it seems uninterrupted. The ink has not vanished; its image has landed on the blind spot of the eye you are using.


