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		lacrosse_tannin on Oct 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stories told by Aboriginal Tasmanians could be old... Maybe they had better vision. too. I heard a story about this, but I can't find it on the internet and don't remember the details. Something about someone giving an elder aboriginal glasses, and him saying like "it's better, but I still can't see (thing he used to see, which IIRC was a star) like it used to.

stevula on Oct 22, 2023 | [–]

Interestingly, several cultures actually used the number of stars a person could see in the Pleiades as a vision test.

trelane on Oct 22, 2023 | | [–]

Or two stars in Ursa major.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18929764/

h1bf1throwaway on Oct 22, 2023 | | [–]

Not all factors causing poor vision in the elderly can be solved with a pair of glasses

BurningFrog on Oct 22, 2023 | [–]

They sure had less light pollution!

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