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vision quest; Are we entering an age where glasses and contact lenses will be extinct, where mere 20/20 vision just isn't good enough.
Byline: Meghan Daum
Explaining what it's like not to be able to see your hand six inches from your face is like trying to describe the properties of silence. Language is rarely sufficient for describing what is absent, and
myopics like me are forced to rely on the jargon of abstractions: We talk about "blobs" and "outlines." We say things like "I can see your face, but I can't look in your eyes."
In my case, I can see the Hummer SUV showroom; I just can't locate the vehicles. My correction is minus 5.75 diopters, meaning that lots of people see worse than me (though not that many), but I am definitely legally blind without prescription lenses. ...
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