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Originally Posted by photon
Complete waste of time, even if he was looking towards the linesman that doesn't mean he 'sees' him.
People think eyes are little video cameras, but they aren't. We have a very narrow (like 2 to 5 degrees, a couple of thumbs width at arms length) arc of vision where we can see high resolution, and detail drops quickly outside that.
The sharp wide field image we think we 'see' doesn't exist; it's a construction of our brains based on the small bits of historical information from the narrow sharp vision area of our eyes as they move around plus info from the low resolution rest of the eye and a bunch of other pre-existing knowledge.
Plus what our 'attention' is on has an impact on what we see as well.
There should be no problem believing that he didn't 'see' the linesman until the last moment even if his eyes were pointed right at him, given how the eyes work and how selective attention works if his attention was elsewhere.
I've seen this selective attention test done many times.
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I fail to see how that video is relevant in any way. Wideman is an NHL hockey player and he is aware of all the bodies around him, including the linesmen.
The argument that he was super woozy/concussed is a better one, if you're trying to defend him.