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by s_kilk 3977 days ago
Energy transfer.

There's a big difference between absorbing reflected ambient light and having photons pumped into your retina.

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What? No. You obviously receive way more energy via sunlight reflected off the page of a book than you do via your LCD screen. That's WHY you can't read your LCD screens in direct sunlight.