Descartes thought, as if there were an immensely long rod connecting the star to our eye. The star presses on one end of the rod; the other end of the rod presses on the eye, producing the effect of vision.
One very neat study showed that women were indeed less aggressive than men on a violent computer game while they were playing in the same room. However, as soon as they were allowed to play on their own, the women actually dropped more bombs than men and showed greater hostility to other online players