Blind Spot

Blind spot may refer to:

In ophthalmology:

  • Scotoma, an obscuration of the visual field
  • Optic disc, also known as the anatomical blind spot, the specific region of the retina where the optic nerve and blood vessels pass through to connect to the back of the eye
  • Blind spot (vision), also known as the physiological blind spot, the specific scotoma in the visual field that corresponds to the lack of light-detecting photoreceptor cells on the optic disc

In culture:

  • The Blind Spot (1921), an early science fiction novel by Homer Eon Flint and Austin Hall
  • Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary, the English title of Im toten Winkel (2002)—an Austrian documentary about Traudl Junge, the last personal secretary of Adolf Hitler
  • Blind Spot (1947 film), a 1947 film noir
  • Blind Spot (1958 film), a 1958 film
  • Blind Spot (Hallmark), a 1993 presentation in the Hallmark Hall of Fame
  • Blind Spot, a 2008 documentary on peak oil by Adolfo Doring
  • The effect an unshielded view of hyperspace has on the human optic nerve, in the Known Space universe
  • Blindspot, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe

Other uses:

  • Blind spot (vehicle), areas outside of the vehicle that cannot be seen while looking forward or through optical aids.
  • Blind spot (psychology), a subject about which one is prejudiced or ignorant, such as a Bias blind spot
  • Antenna blind cone, a blind spot of the antenna
  • "Blind Spot" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • "Blind Spot" (Homeland), an episode of the TV series Homeland
  • Can also refer to a location in a place with surveillance cameras that is not in view of any camera.

Famous quotes containing the words blind and/or spot:

    “A living man is blind and drinks his drop.
    What matter if the ditches are impure?
    What matter if I live it all once more?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “One of the most difficult aspects of being a parent during the middle years is feeling powerless to protect our children from hurt. However “growthful” it may be for them to experience failure, disappointment and rejection, it is nearly impossible to maintain an intellectual perspective when our sobbing child or rageful child comes in to us for help. . . . We can’t turn the hurt around by kissing the sore spot to make it better. We are no longer the all-powerful parent.”
    —Ruth Davidson Bell (20th century)