By: Mark Rexie John Sornito
Perceiving or seeing is one of the five senses. It is basically consisted of eyes, nerve cells, and brain in order to work. If we come to think of it, seeing happens in a very fast way. The way the things appear in us and understand them really quickly is a very impressive happening. What happens in the phenomenon of seeing is that, first, a thing should be there in order to be seen by someone who perceiving. Second, light should be present in order for the naked eye to see through. Absence of light covers the eye and the object with darkness in between. Third, when there is the object and light, the object will reflect its image to the eyes. The eyes will receive its image. Fourth, because the one perceiving does not understand what it is at first, the eyes will convert the image into electronic impulses which are encrypted data so that it can travel through the thin nerve cells to the brain. When the brain receives it, it undergoes a process in order for the one perceiving to understand the object appearing. Finally, when the brain finishes decoding the received impulses/ data, it will make the data travel back in the nerve cells towards the eye, with the data that are now understandable. The person can now perceive the object in a correct and in an understandable kind of way. But this whole process, that seems slow, is happening in a very fast way that e don’t even recognize it when it happens. As if we don’t have time to think it over or undergo the process we are going through during the perception.
Philo Notes 