It seems like other electromagnetic waves have some special properties. Microwave can heat the water molecules, infrared is basically “heat waves”. UV have enough energy to damage DNA and harm a living things. X-rays and Gamma radiation can penetrate a lot of material and also damage DNA. But the visible part is just visible, or it have some other properties?
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The big thing is that it has about the same energy as common chemical reactions. So visible light and chemicals can work together for things like photosynthesis and vision.
So not a coincidence at all: visible light is visible because it’s the kind chemical eyes like ours can detect.
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