Earlier in class we talked about how visual cues can influence the things we hear. Clearly, vision is our dominant sense. Our other senses are arguably subservient to vision. If we smell something good, we go looking for the source. If we hear something break, we look to see what it was. If we taste something gross in an otherwise delicious food, we spit it out and look at it (unless we’re on a date). If someone on our left taps us on our right shoulder, we look, prompting a “made you look!” and a bit of self-congratulation.
I found a perfect example of our eyes influencing our ears. It’s hilarious:
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Anyway, as we begin to study the eye, I’m interested to pick up new nuances of the workings of the organs that bring us our most vivid interpretation of our environment. I was far-sighted when I was little; my eyes couldn’t see things that were close to me. But then, in about fifth grade, the optometrist told me that “my eyes were better.” I don’t really know anyone else whose eyes just healed themselves. I hope to get some insight as to how the eyes grow and change themselves.
