Myth about human eyes.

[mitchmoir]

Ive heard a myth has anyone ever heard this.
If your eyes were able to look into one another that it would kill you with the shock??

Whats all this tripe about.

[ll_billym]

Erm, mirror?

[johnny.5]

thats not a myth thats a fact
same as
if your hands are bigger than your face you've got aids
and
little pimples on your tongue mean you've been telling lies
and
if the wind changes whilst you are pulling a face you WILL stick like that


Am I right ?
I'm not wrong !

[Ice.Maiden]

ROFL. I've never seen a wind-up in Science before!! : )

[beso]

If your eyes were able to see into each other the bleeding where they were reipped out of your head might kill you.

[abstract]

so how comes this guys still alive?

http://media.photobucket.com/image/marty%20fel dman/dad5988/marty_feldman.jpg?o=5

[simonruss]

surely the nose would get in the way??

[theprof]

Abstract, Mart Feldman is not alive. He died in 1982. Marty Feldman had a condition called Graves' Ophthalmopathy as a result of hyperthyroidism, a disorder of the thyroid gland.

It's more common than you think and you'll usually find a few people in most towns with the condition although it might not be as severe as that suffered by Marty.

In my late teens, I used to go for a few pints to a local pub with my dad in which one of the regulars had the condition. To make it worse, his face was a white as chalk. He told me once that he was so self-conscious about the condition that he hardly went out in the daytime.

Simonruss, the nose doesn't get in the way at all. The pressure and bulging is directed on an axis between the pupil and the back of the orbit

[theprof]

Mitchmoir, as you say this myth is a load of tripe. There's no valid scientific reason for this to occur.

As to what it's all about, you're guess is as good as mine.