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I can only imagine the risks are terribly overstated. 1000 years ago we didn't have mass media hysterically screaming, "Don't look!" and the average pleb certa
by zaroth 9y ago
I can only imagine the risks are terribly overstated.
1000 years ago we didn't have mass media hysterically screaming, "Don't look!" and the average pleb certainly did look at such an incredible sight... so where are the reports of mass blindness following the partial eclipses of old?
- flukus 9y agoNo reports of blindness, but they may have received significant eye damage. Until the last 100-200 years when literacy become common the average pleb wasn't really aware of their eysight deterioration.
- wahern 9y agoAll kinds of human activity suffer significantly from poorer vision. For example, sewing and weaving, hunting and fishing. The term presbyopia isn't just derived from Greek, it was coined by the ancient Greeks themselves who also endeavored to understand the phenomenon. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23773258 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23773258 If someone's eyes were damaged I have little doubt that they'd recognize the damage. I can imagine all sorts of reasons why this may not have been recorded, presuming such damage was common. But that they didn't realize their vision deteriorated, I highly doubt.