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Conscious, logical mental processing is quite slow. Anything we learn to do well happens unconsciously and happens at a much faster speed. Think about any task you've learned to do well and can do really fast. Your not thinking consciously about each detailed step, your brain just knows how to do them without the plodding involvement of thinking about them.
My natural vision is like 20/500, very nearsighted.
I'm pretty good with BMX flatland bicycle balance tricks, so good in fact that I can do a number of them blindfolded, as it allows me to focus not on my vision but on my balance. So that to me is mostly natural, and doesn't even require much visual input on open flatland.
But to play a 2 player game, where my vision requires a moment to adapt my vision and focus from near to far and back, plus not get confused by the shear lines from my glasses as I turn my head, then it's not so easy to get that natural sense you speak of.
Sigh, bad vision sucks, even with glasses..
This isn't related to your post, but let me ask you, do you see things up close without glasses in high detail?
I'm extremely nearsighted. My vision starts to blur at about 8cm from my nose without glasses, but closer than that I can see very fine detail. It's why I've never been interested in corrective surgery. Almost a super power to my deficiency. I'm at an age where my peers need reading glasses whereas I can just look over my normal glasses and read even tiny print if I need to.
Damn homie, you're even more nearsighted than I am. I start losing focus about 18cm from my eyeball, but can see stuff up close almost like a microscope!
Here's my collection of corrective lenses..
https://lemmy.world/post/40665025
I find the bifocals in the top right best for me.
The magnified nearsightedness is something I don't think most folks realize we can do. I've never really asked anyone else with eyes like mine about it, I've just always assumed. Thanks for confirming.
Blessing and a curse, right? I love taking my glasses off for a bit at concerts to watch the bokeh around the lights.
The bottom left pair- I didn't realize they made glasses like that. I figured out when I was a kid that I could press a few fingers together to make a pinhole and be able to see in focus.
Yes! The bottom left, I got 2 pairs of those from eBay for $7.16 USD.
They're not suitable for everyday wear, but if you lose your nearsighted glasses, it's better than nothing. So, a glovebox item...
They're called pinhole glasses.