GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!!
STARING AT THE SUN IS, SCIENTIFICALLY, VERY GOOD FOR YOU!!!
Hey Sun Starers, scope this recent interview with real-life neurobiologist and podcaster Andrew Huberman:
“So when I wake up in the morning, if the sun is out or it’s rising, I’ll go outside and intentionally not wear sunglasses. I’ll face east, and try to get direct sunlight in my eyes when the sun is low…for so-called low solar angle sunlight.
“And I want to be clear: People should not do this through a window or a windshield, thinking it will work. It simply won't because it filters out too many of the relevant wavelengths. And then I'll look at the sun. I don't stare at the sun, but I'll allow myself to blink. [REDACTED: fine dude, you do you.]
“You can even look down at your phone or [page 73 of] a book [about the history of Mexican wrestling], that's fine. But you don't want to be with a hat or a hoodie and cloaking your eyes from the sunlight. You want to get that sunlight in your eyes. You want to do this for about five to 10 minutes.”
WHY, ANDREW??
“Now, low solar angle sunlight is special for a couple reasons. First of all—and people can just run this experiment the next time the sun is low in the sky, morning or evening—take a picture of it and you'll notice a lot of yellow-blue contrast. When the sun is overhead, take a picture of it, you won't see that yellow-blue contrast as much or in the evening, it's orange-blue. Yellow-blue or orange-blue contrast is the optimal stimulus for these neurons in the eye that wake up the brain and the rest of the body. To my knowledge, there is no technology, no indoor lighting scheme, no biohack or anything of that sort that's been engineered, which mimics that yellow-blue contrast or yellow-orange contrast accurately.”
GLAD TO HEAR YOU’RE A FAN, ANDREW!!! HAPPY STARING Y’ALL!!!
