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| Orbax |
| Would it be better to be born blind and never know the joy of what this world has to offer visually, or go through life and then be struck blind, knowing that joy, but go through the pain of losing it? |
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| Mebot |
Id say its better to be struck blind in your life becuase you can at least know what things are and colors and all that.
When someone describes an object, you can see it in ur mind and when someone describes a beautiful sunset or sunrise with vivid colors, you can imagine that as well because you know what colors are.
It always struck me as to what people who are naturally born blind think colors are. you cant say..look at that green grass..they have no concept of the color green. I guess its all shades of black and gray. |
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| elena |
well in this case i think "ignorance is bliss" can apply here.
it's better to not have known what colors are than to have to painfully remember what it was. i mean youd be living off memories for the rest of your life and memories to tend to fade over time. plus given the amount of time you were actually able to see, you wouldnt have seen/experienced everything well enough to live off it. it would give you inaccurate perspectives. |
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| Phunky1 |
I'd have to say its better being born blind, because I believe you would have a better relationship with your mind, and visuals won't beable to deceive you. If you are struck blind, the very thought of what things are and how they are, are still in your mind. I believe a person who is born blind is much more creative than someone who can see or someone who was struck blind.
I used to wish I was born blind (really). Just because I would be more in depth with myself, and my other sences.
Like Elena says, "ignorance is bliss" can really apply :) |
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| TranceGiant |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
Id say its better to be struck blind in your life becuase you can at least know what things are and colors and all that.
When someone describes an object, you can see it in ur mind and when someone describes a beautiful sunset or sunrise with vivid colors, you can imagine that as well because you know what colors are.
It always struck me as to what people who are naturally born blind think colors are. you cant say..look at that green grass..they have no concept of the color green. I guess its all shades of black and gray. |
totally agree. Living your life based on imagination and memories is what everybody does to some extent anyway. So a bit more of it won't be as "bad" as never having experienced it. Memories do not "fade away" that easily. In fact some are so strong, they're a gift wou wouldn't wanna lose.
But it's also a question of strength. Do you prefer not fighting in the first place, or do you rather maintain what you have had, make the best out of it and fight till the end. |
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| Orbax |
yeah, i just keep thinking of scenarios like this. Like being an incredible pianist and then losing your hands. It seems that the frustration would drive you mad, but then if you reached that point could you honestly look back and say you wished you had never been able to do what you had done, just remained ignorant...or was the path you took the best, you created something beautiful while you had the chance...
Would you take back the things youve seen, if someone gave you the choice when you DID become blind. Would you sit there and say "take the memory of all things ive seen out, and the memory of this choice as well" and go to a state of ignorance as if you were born blind? I dont know if I could do that. Do you accept a gift knowing it will be taken away from you later as well? Born blind and given the chance to see? |
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| tranceDJ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
yeah, i just keep thinking of scenarios like this. Like being an incredible pianist and then losing your hands. It seems that the frustration would drive you mad, but then if you reached that point could you honestly look back and say you wished you had never been able to do what you had done, just remained ignorant...or was the path you took the best, you created something beautiful while you had the chance...
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Beethoven went deaf but still wrote one last symphony but wasn't able to hear it...fits your example there well. |
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| Orbax |
| yeah, im in a weird mood today...I guess im thinking about "the gifts of life" and should you open them knowing that they can be taken away at whim. Is it worth the gamble. |
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| xKaoSx |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
yeah, i just keep thinking of scenarios like this. Like being an incredible pianist and then losing your hands. It seems that the frustration would drive you mad, but then if you reached that point could you honestly look back and say you wished you had never been able to do what you had done, just remained ignorant...or was the path you took the best, you created something beautiful while you had the chance...
Would you take back the things youve seen, if someone gave you the choice when you DID become blind. Would you sit there and say "take the memory of all things ive seen out, and the memory of this choice as well" and go to a state of ignorance as if you were born blind? I dont know if I could do that. Do you accept a gift knowing it will be taken away from you later as well? Born blind and given the chance to see? |
I've seen/heard of people this happened to.
They were so determined they learned to play with their feet.
I would much rather be born blind. If you lost it at say age 20-
The emotional trauma and time it would take before you retrained your mind into not thinking about it would be very depressing. The whole time would just be frustrating and you would have to, eventually, rely on your other senses. I dont know actual time frame- but eventually you would totally forget what blue "looked" like in a mental image. The only way you would be able to understand colors is by touch and "hearing".
Your only perception of blue would be the crashing and streaming of water that you hear and the cool sensation you would feel touching cold water. |
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| Orbax |
yeah, I think itd be a terrible pain to not only lose the sight but to have the memory of the sight fade as well.
on a semi-related topic if you wear glasses that invert what you see so everything is upside down for a couple of weeks your brain will flip the image and everything will look normal. and then if you take the glasses off youll be all retarded again. |
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| hadi burpee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
Would it be better to be born blind and never know the joy of what this world has to offer visually, or go through life and then be struck blind, knowing that joy, but go through the pain of losing it? |
its hard to know. unless you go through both. i think it is better to be born blind, not so much that you will be used to not seeing and that you havent seen anything before so you dont know what you are missing, but if you are born blind, your other senses develop way more. if you were to go blind at lets say 20, you would probably have a lot harder time getting adjusted to it, beside the fact you would probably be depressed because you lost your vision and and your life is like 10x as hard as it was before and what not. thus, i think it is better to be born blind, as you will be adapted better than if you were to go blind |
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| xKaoSx |
| quote: | Originally posted by hadi ******
its hard to know. unless you go through both. i think it is better to be born blind, not so much that you will be used to not seeing and that you havent seen anything before so you dont know what you are missing, but if you are born blind, your other senses develop way more. if you were to go blind at lets say 20, you would probably have a lot harder time getting adjusted to it, beside the fact you would probably be depressed because you lost your vision and and your life is like 10x as hard as it was before and what not. thus, i think it is better to be born blind, as you will be adapted better than if you were to go blind |
good lord- did he just quote me?
used same age and everything. lol |
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