What do people mean by “you don’t see darkness, you see nothing” if you lose your eyeballs?

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I cannot fathom seeing nothing as opposed to just seeing pitch black. An example I was told is “it’s like trying to see out of your elbow”. I still do not get it

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Have you ever gotten lost in a day dream? Like one where you were gone for a couple of minutes before snapping back to reality? If I asked you what you were seeing during the day dream you would say nothing. Your eyes were open, you weren’t seeing black. Your eyes just weren’t providing visual information that you were conscious of. Its like that without the need to day dream

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