There's a hole in your vision right now

[00:00:01]There's a spot in your vision right now that is completely blind.

[00:00:07]You've had it your whole life and never noticed. Let's prove it.

[00:00:12]Close your left eye. Stare only at the X.

[00:00:17]Now slowly move closer.

[00:00:20]Right about there.

[00:00:22]The dot vanishes.

[00:00:24]But look closely.

[00:00:26]The line never breaks.

[00:00:30]Here's why. Where your optic nerve meets your [music] eye, there are zero light detecting cells.

[00:00:37]That's a real gap [music] in the data hitting your brain every second of every day.

[00:00:45]But your brain [music] doesn't show you a hole. It samples what's around the gap and fills it in for you.

[00:00:53]Vision isn't a camera recording the world. It's a prediction engine.

[00:00:58]And you're living inside [music] its best guess.

[00:01:02]That doesn't mean you can't trust your eyes. This system kept your ancestors alive. It's just way more made up than it feels.

[00:01:12]Try the [music] test above right now.

[00:01:14]Comment which eye you used and what happened to the line.