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Our eyes can see light with an angular resolution of about 1’—equivalent to about a third of a millimeter at arm’s length. Suppo

se our eyes detected only infrared radiation, with 1° angular resolution. Would we be able to make our way around on Earth’s surface? To read? To sculpt? To create technology?

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olya-2409 [2.1K]3 years ago

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Answer:

We would not be able to make our way around the earth's surface, to read, to sculpt or to create technology because we cannot see!

Explanation:

The minimum angular separation that can be distinguished by an eye gives the angular resolution of the eye.

Given that the Angular resolution with infrared radiation is = $1.0^0$ equal to $60'$

This resolution is very much greater than that of the eye $(1')$

The angular resolution that our eyes can see is about $\frac{1}{3}mm$ at arms length

Angular resolution of infrared = $\frac{1}{3} * 60 = 20mm$ at arms length

We therefore cannot read, sculpt or create technology because we cannot see.

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