Why does looking at computers screens makes eyes hurt?

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I know we blink less while using screens and the dryness of eyes could be causing the pain. But staring at plants without blinking doesn’t cause asmuch pain. Maybe the emitted light is the culprit, similar to how eyes hurt while staring at the sun, streetlight, etc.

Also, why does looking at something which emits light hurt in the first place?
(Because E-ink display do not)

What’s the science behind this?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

It’s the brightness and the blue light. Our eyes actually start heating up from it, but we have no mechanism for dissipating that heat. Plenty of apps for counteracting it with red light, some monitors have their own, some OS’s have their own. Windows has a blue light filter in Display settings.

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