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lolc
on Oct 21, 2019
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“We have no reason to believe 5G is safe”
In darkness our eyes can easily detect a 1W LED from kilometers away.
stavros
on Oct 21, 2019
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But can they distinguish a specific 300 mW LED in a stadium with tens of thousands of other LEDs next to it?
pcnix
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If it were a different color, yes. If each of them were a different color, your eye would still be able to, as long as you had enough focus. So the analogy holds pretty well.
swiley
on Oct 23, 2019
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My understanding is that healthy human eyes are able to detect individual photons.
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