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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
How can 60% of the people be far-sighted? Wouldn't the majority of people have normal vision? If 60% of people were far-sighted, it wouldn't be called far-sighted, but normal!

This is like the "All the children in Lake Woebegon are above average" statement.
Err... no You're far-sighted if you cannot focus on objects close to your eyes. It's not a relation to an 'average' dioptry (unlike height, which defines tall and short as a relation to an average height).
 

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