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Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)

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15 Nov 2020video Is the evil eye based on science? It rested on the old belief that eyes shoot out rays, which people once took as science; Ibn al-Qayyim described envious 'arrows' from the eye. Ibn al-Haytham and later science showed that eyes only take in light. Lessonposition checkedIbn al-Haytham (Alhazen)Ibn al-Qayyim [?] (name garbled in the transcript)Francis BaconWilliam Shakespeare machine12 min 34 s28:32on YouTube