Wow! Some very interesting information!
I think what chaos is trying to find out in regards to his experiment #2 is JUST the capability of the eye. This would be useful in proving or disproving the article that was posted regarding the capabilities of the eye to focus outside of a small "circle" of focus. I hope that makes sense...I'm not really sure how to word it even though I know what I'm trying to say 
In any case...if that is what you are trying to do chaos, is just isolate the eye's abilites, then I think that your 2nd experiment would work 
I still stick by my original hypothesis in my post about the subconscious filtering the full focused image from the conscious in an attempt to curtail information/sensory overload...essentially only revealing a small part of the image at a time to the conscious mind. If this is the case, and if Paul Scheele's claim that Photoreading bypasses the conscious mind is true, then that is a pretty big chunk of evidence in favor of photoreading...wouldn't you think?
Thanks for the great input everyone!
