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Sensing, Intuition, and Glasses

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Senor Membrane
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:) crazy... You think there's a connection here?
 

arcticangel02

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I have a tendency to think that maybe Ns get away without glasses for longer than Ss - my eyes are a little dodgy long distance (about the point where I probably shouldn't be driving without glasses), but I swear I don't even notice it 90% of the time.

I can imagine it bugging an S-type a great deal more.
 

Randomnity

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I have a tendency to think that maybe Ns get away without glasses for longer than Ss - my eyes are a little dodgy long distance (about the point where I probably shouldn't be driving without glasses), but I swear I don't even notice it 90% of the time.

I can imagine it bugging an S-type a great deal more.
Hmm...I never wear my glasses except for the computer, I can't stand the feel/look of them. It bothers me a little to not be able to see things, but not enough to wear them. So I dunno.
 

prplchknz

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what if you should wear glasses or contacts, but don't because you'd rather strain your eyes and feel weird with glasses on and touching your eye. I'm near sighted. I figure if I need to see something I'll just get closer to it. Now if I was far sighted I'd probably bump into things....wait...I do that anyways.
 

ThatsWhatHeSaid

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oh my dear GOD!!!

The rumors were true!

There is a correlation!

(kinda sorta not really)
 

Haphazard

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I'm in that wear-glasses camp. Cause, you know, I would run into things without them.

Have you ever thought of narrowing it down to what sort of eye problems? For some reason I can imagine nearsightedness more S, farsightedness and astigmatism more N.
 

Ilah

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One optimitrist I had said people who read a lot were more likely to need glasses.

Which types read the most?

I am thinking NT. Ns like stories of fantasy, science fiction, etc. - stories that stimulate the imagination. Ts like to read for the love of learning. I don't really have much to back this theory up, just based on myself and some people I know.

Ilah
 

The Ü™

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I don't wear glasses, but I've never been in a situation where I was told I needed them. I also don't like to read much (unless it's about me) -- I get a headache if I stare at words for too long. I prefer to write instead.

I hate wearing sunglasses, though, because they always feel like they're going to slip off my nose. I can only imagine that optical glasses do the exact same thing.

I'd like to wear a monocle -- I'd look like Colonel Klink!
 

Kyrielle

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I'm nearsighted, so is my brother. I'm pretty sure it's from reading too much, getting way too close to the paper when writing or drawing, and otherwise physically zooming in close to inspect things.
 

Ilah

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I don't wear glasses, but I've never been in a situation where I was told I needed them. I also don't like to read much (unless it's about me) -- I get a headache if I stare at words for too long. I prefer to write instead.

I hate wearing sunglasses, though, because they always feel like they're going to slip off my nose. I can only imagine that optical glasses do the exact same thing.

I'd like to wear a monocle -- I'd look like Colonel Klink!

I get a head ache when I stare at words to long - that's WHY I have bifocals, so I can stare at words a long time. A life where I could not read for extend periods would really depress me.

Ilah
 

Falcarius

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Yes, Falcarius wears glasses whenever he goes out as he has low Myopia (near-sightedness).



I hate wearing sunglasses, though, because they always feel like they're going to slip off my nose. I can only imagine that optical glasses do the exact same thing.

On the subject of sunglasses, Falcarius wears his prescription sunglasses when it is not even sunny. He had a accident involving an office chair, his normal glasses, and him falling asleep; He is too cheap to buy new glasses.:D
 

Spartacuss

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I wear them, but only really needed them after college, and the prescription is not very strong. Laptops did me in. My 20-20 was a point of pride before then.
 

Nocapszy

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:) crazy... You think there's a connection here?

Even if there was, this is a biased group.

Most people here think they're intuitives (many, likely more than 50% of them are in reality sensors). Very few sensors here.

It wouldn't be a good sample.
 

Haphazard

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Even if there was, this is a biased group.

Most people here think they're intuitives (many, likely more than 50% of them are in reality sensors). Very few sensors here.

It wouldn't be a good sample.

If I may veer off topic here -- then what is an intuitive? Why are so many of the people here sensors who think they're intuitive?
 
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Of the intuitives and sensors who need corrective lenses, I bet Ns are more likely to wear glasses and Ss are more likely to wear contact lenses.
 

dnivera

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That's probably true. I'm guilty of the contacts>glasses bit. And I've worn glasses since I was 5.

I'm always amazed by phDs who manage to make it through 20+years of education with 20/20 vision. Like my eagle-eyed advisor, who has been editor of a major journal for years (he's gotta be in his 60s).
 
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