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The only sense that lets you misjudge distances AND parallel park.
means The ability to see — the physical capacity of your eyes to perceive light, shape, and distance.
from Pure Old English carpentry: 'eye' plus 'sight' (from Old English 'sihth,' related to 'seon,' to see), bolted together into one word by the medieval period. No hidden plot twist here — it's one of those refreshingly literal English compounds, same logic as 'eyeball' or 'eyewitness,' just naming the thing the eyes do.
- 20/20 myth
- Means normal acuity, not perfect vision
- brain's edit
- Eyes see upside down, brain flips it
- blind spot
- You have one, brain just fills it in
- peak sharpness
- Only the central 2 degrees are truly sharp