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March 24th, 2004, 01:40 AM
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Re: OT: How Amazing
I agree, I have some vision problems due to surgery on both eyes from complications with juvenille diabetes. Would be neat to see advances to restore and improve vision. they actually did develope a kind of "visor"--i cant recall the specifics, but i saw it on the news. perhaps before long the technology will advance. (we need to build more reasearch center III  ) |
March 24th, 2004, 02:30 AM
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I am blind in my right eye and loosing vision in my left and for me life is not worth living without vision.
It is easy for someone to say otherwise until they themselves walk a mile in my shoes. Only then will they understand how very important sight is.
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Re: OT: How Amazing
One good thing is that for people who have not been blind from birth, the brain is already wired and trained to process colour, depth perception, word shapes and all sorts of similar skills.
Simply providing a bridge over some damage to a brain that is ready and waiting for visual info is a much simpler prospect than trying to give someone a sense they have never had the use of before.
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That is an excellent point SJ. Thank you for making it. 
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Re: OT: How Amazing
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Originally posted by Atrocities:
I am blind in my right eye and loosing vision in my left and for me life is not worth living without vision.
It is easy for someone to say otherwise until they themselves walk a mile in my shoes. Only then will they understand how very important sight is.
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It seems to me then that this is an issue you should be talking to blind people about. There are a lot of living blind people, so I would guess that there are a lot of blind people who have found compensations.
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If they layed off some of the harshness re: stem cell research, we might even be able to regenerate your eyes for you Atrocities!
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If they layed off some of the harshness re: stem cell research, we might even be able to regenerate your eyes for you Atrocities!
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Last I heard, stem cells were gotten from the unborn.
and I suggest that discussion break off here.
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