Howard, thanks for reading.

It's surprisingly not a typo. Someone pointed this out on Substack when I discussed this. There's a threefold reduction in what the eye sees and what it transmits to the brain, per the next section. When you look at a face, the eye sees the whole face. But the eye also tracks the most important parts of the face and sends only the most vital information to the brain. Hence the drastic reduction. No doubt, the brain evolved this feature to save resources and time in an effort to survive. When that thing out of the corner of your eye might be a bear, the brain doesn't have time to sift through literally everything your eye can see in the environment, it only needs the most pertinent information.

Thanks again so much for reading. I'm glad you enjoyed the article.