• stinerman [Ohio]
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    2 months ago

    My understanding is that being nearsighted is a relatively new phenomenon that is largely due to being indoors a lot. Farsightedness in old age has been around since humans have been humans.

    I took a quick look and Wikipedia partially bears this out re: nearsightedness.