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the eyes that quit so the other senses could finally show off
means Unable to see, whether for a person, an animal, or—figuratively—a judgment made without information or awareness.
from An old Germanic word, kin to Dutch 'blind' and German 'blind,' tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root 'blindaz.' Many link it to a deeper Indo-European notion of 'making murky' or 'mixing up'—a cousin of words for confusion and shimmering, which fits the sense of sight clouded or gone. The same root quietly grew a second life: a 'blind' as a screen that hides you (window blinds, a hunter's blind), because to block sight is to be blinded.
- echolocation
- Some blind people navigate by clicking like bats
- brain reuse
- Visual cortex reassigns itself to hearing and touch
- braille speed
- Skilled readers hit 150 words per minute
- dreams
- Those blind from birth dream in sound and smell
- justice icon
- Lady Justice is blindfolded to judge without bias
helen keller — american author and activist who became blind and deaf at 19 months old in 1882, learned to communicate and graduated from college
louis braille — french educator who went blind at age 3 and invented braille tactile writing system in 1824
stevie wonder — american musician born blind in 1950 with retinopathy of prematurity, won 25 grammy awards