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One thing to keep in mind is that eyesight is a continuum between better than 20/20 to completely blind like you. That means that without going the only-the-pe
by necovek 5y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that eyesight is a continuum between better than 20/20 to completely blind like you.
That means that without going the only-the-perfect-survive route, there are always going to be issues with how the world operates. For any given human problem, it's probably rare that it's optimized for even half the population.
Doesn't help you, being on the extreme of the eyesight problem, but the fact that we need to accommodate blind people also helps a bunch for people with vision issues and (commonly imperfect) correction.
So while you can consider yourself to be in the small percentage of completely blind people, you can also consider yourself to be in the majority of people with vision issues. Should we have avoided all of them in this world?
And that's wherein lies the issue with eugenics or any sort of artifical selection of our descendants: where is that line?
And just judging by this single comment, you are at least capable of eloquent, reasonable discussion, which is probably untrue for at least half the population.
- scandox 5y agoI think parent poster is actually only partially blind
- mwcampbell 5y agoCorrect. Legally blind, meaning, for example, that I can't drive, but with enough sight to read text up close if it's large enough. Edit to add: I do increasingly depend on a screen reader, though not yet for my actual programming work. ETA 2: Sorry for the confusion in the original comment. I've become wary of terms like "visually impaired", because they wreak of over-sensitivity and political correctness. But there's also something to be said for accurately and clearly communicating the actual condition.