[griffzhowl]

Nice post. Just this bit:

> Our hacky solution for the blind spot? Let the brain hide it in software.

I would say the solution is just having two eyes, since their respective blind spots don't overlap in the visual field.

I would also say that the brain doesn't hide the blind spots, but rather doesn't pay any attention to them in the first place. There's just a lack of information from them, and this deficit isn't normally noticeable because the other eye makes up for it. I think Dennett explains it that way somewhere, probably in Consciousness Explained

[wat10000]

The blind spot still isn't noticeable if you close one eye, though. You have to look for it carefully with a specific setup that allows you to detect the discrepancy between what you see and what's actually there.