How does eye see light faster than anything else in very low light condition?

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Example: Using and charging phone in night, when you look at LED and shake your phone, LED will appear to move faster than phone, same for content on screen while using dark-mode. How does that work?

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The eye uses persistence of vision to allow you to see after the image has gone black. This is very important for tracking that tiger that’s stalking you in the dark forest. Important enough to be handled in hardware, so you don’t have to “learn” it.

Just because you continue to see the image after it’s gone doesn’t mean it’s delayed. You’re seeing the instant image **plus** the afterimage.

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