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As well, As one does, I was on the NIH website reading a research paper about bit depth

in medical imaging display monitors, the things your radiologist uses to view your x-rays, MRIs, or sonograms, are 8-bit,

and that means they display 256 different shades of gray in a monochrome image. But is that enough

resolution to spot a problem? Catching a cancer early, finding a blood clot,

these tests can be consequential, and because it seems that the human eye can distinguish up

to 917 different shades of gray in this setting, this paper that I was reading recommended

10-bit image depth or 1,024 shades of gray because radiologists can diagnose

more accurately if they can see more detail and that detail is never black and white but

hundreds of shades of gray.

I mention this because on today's Saturday matinee, we're bringing you an episode from the

podcast, Gray History, exploring the ambiguities and nuances of the past.

They're currently focused on the French Revolution, asking was it benign or malignant?

By unpacking the contradictory experiences of contemporaries and the conflicting conclusions of historians,

Gray History hopes to accurately examine one of the most consequential periods of European history.

I hope you enjoy.

While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow

gray history the French Revolution. We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

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