However, trust in sight is misplaced: The eyes doth indeed deceive with some frequency. The brain, no fool, thus made hearing its foremost warning system. An eye accepts both lie and error, forcing its patchy perception into continuity for the sake of convenience and suppression of nausea. The ear is not in such a hurry to force its assumptions on the world, and pricks up at the slightest discontinuity that might suggest danger. The eye guides us through the day, but the ear protects us from the night.
