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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
So, as we can tell by the many explanations, averted vision works!
And no matter which explanation is most dominant, or be it an equal mixture of all . . . just look slightly off-centre, in any direction. 
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Except that, for the record, from the above post it appears I was wrong

, it's nothing to do with the blind spot caused by the optic nerve, but is due to the higher proportion of rods relative to cones away from the focus of the eye (fovea)...