[blackco]

ABSOLUTLY!!! I have always been very interested in this phenominon(sp) I think when we are young our eyes are trianed to see what is important in our lives (Psych 101). My dad talks about taking me hunting when he had to carry me in a pack; now I see animals others couldn't find with a GPS and a guide. On the other hand, I have had mechanics point out cracks in engines I couldn't see with a magnifying glass.

Another thing I have seen on many occasions is people who do not know their eyes are not focused(?) correctly. My daughter had glasses that were "perfect" for her eyes and she told me she could see GREAT. She couldn't hardly see deer in the bed of the truck. Then she got contacts. The first thing she told me was, "I didn't know you could see BLADES of grass!" That was profound to me. Previously she had only seen a carpet of green. She "thought" she could see fine with her glasses but didn't relaize what she was missing. It's hard to figure out the problem when "you don't know what you don't know."

I have always relied on my vision, but now I am getting to an age that if small things are close enough to make out, they are too close to see clearly. I needed to get glasses for some close-up stuff at work but I was still fine reading. I got some glasses and WOW!!! What I thought was fine was so blurry I don't know how I could read before.

I guess in a nutshell I believe it is a two fold problem; if your eyes are not trained to see something when we are young we will never really be able to see it AND some people need correction but don't relize it.

Just my thoughts on the subject after asking the same question lots of times.