• Worx@lemmynsfw.com
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    2 days ago

    But when light bulbs were invented, they were incandescent and much redder and dimmer. If you burn them too hot, the filaments would melt. Therefore there wasn’t much blue light if any released by early light bulbs

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      2 days ago

      Indeed.

      But electric lights would still have imitated daylight better than candles or gas lights, and human biology responds to what time of day or perceives itself to be in.