Re: Cat's eyes

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 09:18:54 -0500 Doug Craigen <dcc@ESCAPE.CA> writes:
> Mark Sylvester wrote:
>
> > My guess is, the cat sees your kitchen light reflected from, say,
> your  eyeball. The reflection probably looks pointlike to the cat. The
> cat's
>
> The following experiment proves the light is reflected from your
> eyeball... reproduce the standard experiment in which light is
> reflecting off your face and shining in the cat's eyes.  Now, change
> nothing except to close your eyes - you will no longer see the cat's
> eyes shining.  QED

I tried something similar that may be even more convincing.  I put on a
pair of sunglasses.  I still saw the cat's eyes glowing but they were
much dimmer than before I put on the glasses.

Heb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where rose colored glasses make everything around here look beauitiful)