• Rhynoplaz
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    37•2 years ago

    I can’t imagine having to live with my natural sight 24/7.

    I definitely would not be driving. Probably not walking much either, might not see the bus coming.

      • Rhynoplaz
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        3•2 years ago

        I was more imagining the current world, but corrective lenses were never invented.

          • @[email protected]
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            4•2 years ago

            On the other hand, without the invention of lenses we wouldn’t have most of our science and technology. No microscope, no telescope, no microchips, no precision engineering. So many things today are possible only because we could enhance our shitty vision with lenses

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      1•2 years ago

      If you had lived at an earlier point, there’s a good chance your eyesight would have been better. Not just because of natural selection for genes or whatever. The modern spread of nearsightedness is primarily attributed to greater time spent indoors, looking at things close to you like books, and particularly during childhood. It is largely nurture instead of nature.

      https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220927-can-you-prevent-short-sightedness-in-kids