stackyFACTSEyeballing brightness is for amateurs, so scientists built devices that literally catch and count light particles. Photometers convert incoming photons into electrical current, giving an exact numerical value to how blinding your screen is right now. It is the ultimate objective truth in the eternal 'turn the lights off' debate.
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