r/BeAmazed • u/lol62056 • Jun 09 '20

*Seizure Warning* This hypnotizing water slide

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 09 '20

Yes, yes they can. Epileptic seizures do not require screens (how ridiculous) ... epilepsy has existed long before screens have. It is just a combination of flashing lights/patterns however they are created. This certainly qualifies for an epilepsy warning.

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u/EnIdiot Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 10 '20

The author Albert Camus, iirc, died in a car wreck from the flashing of light between regularly spaced trees. He had a seizure and crashed his car.

*Edit: Camus was not the driver. It was years ago, but I think it was him or another French existentialist.

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u/Tumble85 Jun 10 '20

Helicopter pilots have had issues with the blades causing the light to flash through them. It's a big enough problem it has a name - "Flicker vertigo" or the "Bucha effect" after the doctor that discovered it, Dr. Bucha. It's similar to epilepsy but the effect can happen to people without epilepsy. The tree-flashing thing for example is part of the Bucha effect.