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Source and more info:Nearsightedness (myopia) is a common vision condition in which you can see objects near to you clearly, but objects farther away are blurry. It occurs when the shape of your eye causes light rays to bend (refract) incorrectly, focusing images in front of your retina instead of on your retina.
Unfortunately, this literal definition of myopia entirely misses the accepted figurative use of the term. In this context, myopia is a focus on what the person wishes to see, at the expense of anything else.... or ignoring the wider implications of something by focusing on only one aspect.AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02 2020 12:51amFor anyone like me who doesn't know what myopia is:
Source and more info:Nearsightedness (myopia) is a common vision condition in which you can see objects near to you clearly, but objects farther away are blurry. It occurs when the shape of your eye causes light rays to bend (refract) incorrectly, focusing images in front of your retina instead of on your retina.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con ... r%20retina.
You are very well educated. English isn't my first language and I will take your better knowledge on the matter as true.macliam wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02 2020 4:09amUnfortunately, this literal definition of myopia entirely misses the accepted figurative use of the term. In this context, myopia is a focus on what the person wishes to see, at the expense of anything else.... or ignoring the wider implications of something by focusing on only one aspect.AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02 2020 12:51amFor anyone like me who doesn't know what myopia is:
Source and more info:Nearsightedness (myopia) is a common vision condition in which you can see objects near to you clearly, but objects farther away are blurry. It occurs when the shape of your eye causes light rays to bend (refract) incorrectly, focusing images in front of your retina instead of on your retina.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con ... r%20retina.
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