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Books with white pages don't emit light, a screen with white backgrounds does
Everything refects lights, that's how our eyes see!
emit ≠ reflect
I think the point is that reflecting is ultimately just a form of emitting
it's possible to have harsh brightly lit white paper, as well as dim white screens