Question by no name: What do they mean with the term “Night Blindness”?
Could someone in detail explain to me what is “Night Blindness”?

Thank you very much!

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Answer by Ashwin P
It is known as Nyctalopia,a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in relatively low light.It may be congenital or acquired.

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Question by beautifulmind: What are your thoughts on “inattentional blindness” and how they may contribute to your beliefs or lack of?
Is it posibal that there are things that are very real that others see while you cannot because you don’t have a frame of reference, or you have limmited attention span, or just that you have an unwillingness to see?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness

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Answer by It’s QOY… Surprise!!
Well if they were really there wouldn’t at least some of the majority perceive them? Even in the study cited in your link shows that at least 50% saw the gorilla.

When we are talking about metaphysical type stuff it is only a small minority of people that see things like that.

I worked with a kid that acquired this, it was very interesting.

I also recall one time having this for a moment. Someone wrote me a letter and wrote something at the very bottom of the page wrote. For whatever reason I just did not see the last part. Anyway the last part apparently was the most important part asking me to meet her somewhere. Well I didn’t and she was pretty pissed. I ended up rereading the note and I still didn’t see it. It took me 5 times to look at it and about 5 other people telling me it was there before I could see it. The point is only 1/6 did not see the last part…me.

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Question by Sweater Kitteh: How do the blind know what denominations of money they possess?
if something cost 5.95, and she handed a woman a dollar, and .95 9because it is easier to feel coins than dollar bills), how would this play out, and if not, Should the U.S. Gov’t print out “Braille” bills? bills with holes punched in them for easy knowledge of denomination?

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Answer by Max Hoopla
They have to trust people.

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Question by John: Why do handicapped people think they could always do everything a regular person could do?
Can’t they just accept the fact that some things are impossible!! First the special olympics is obviously a joke, second i keep hearing about all these blind people and stuff climbing mount everest, and all these handicapped people that keep trying to accomplish ridiculaous tasks that nobody really cares about! It like “oh cool your bling and you could skydive well whoopdeedoo! You could still do it better if you wern’t handicapped or in a wheelchair.” What are they trying to prove?

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Answer by Founders
In the unlikely event that you’re serious, you couldn’t possibly look like a bigger a**hole. Congrats.

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Question by Rude Ahole 3: Can a corporation be sued if they sponsor a sport event where there is an injury?
Last week at the Mavrick Surf contest there was a hugh wave that wiped out a bunch of “down syndrome” liberals. They had 3 or 4 that had to taken to the hospital. Even tough these liberals were told about the danger, they still went down there.

Can a corporation be sued by these DS liberals.

These stupid aholes have ruined it for the rest of us next year.

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Answer by tonalc2
Not if there was specific language warning people of the danger.

However, I’m kind of confused by your assumptions; how do you know the political persuasion of the victims?

And I thought that it was very very wrong and bad to use that condition as a pejorative.

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Question by Deidre: in the poem “On His Blindness”by John Milton, how is “bear his mild yoke, they serve him best.” oxymoron!?
PLEASEE HELP MEEE! I HAVE TO WRITE AN ESSAY ON IT TOMARROW!

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Answer by Matt S
Its not an oxymoron. Milton is making the point that God does not need man to work for him, but rather that those who endure what God puts upon them and remains faithful are his most devote servants. Trust me, I just finished a class on Milton with a top Milton scholar. Milton doesn’t really operate in oxymorons or irony often.

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Question by Batbold Z: If someone states s/he can speak “sign language” does that mean they are mute?

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Answer by Alex F
It means they can speak Sign Language…

… 0_o

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Question by A♥: Did the BNP say these things? I knew they were disgusting, but I didn’t think they would be so frank?
On Women and Women’s rights:

“Rape is simply sex. Women enjoy sex, so rape cannot be such a terrible ordeal. To suggest that rape, when conducted without violence, is a serious crime is like suggesting that force-feeding a woman chocolate cake is a heinous offence. A woman would be more inconvenienced by having her handbag snatched.” – Nicholas Eriksen

On Homosexuality:

“The TV footage of dozens of ‘gay’ demonstrators flaunting their perversions in front of the world’s journalists showed just why so many ordinary people find these creatures so repulsive.” – Nick Griffin

“A friendly disease because blacks, drug users and gays have it.” – Mark Collett on AIDS

“AIDS Monkeys…. bum bandits…. faggots.” – Mark Collett on homosexuals

On disability:

“Medical measures will be taken to prevent procreation on the part of all those who have hereditary defects either racial, mental or physical.” – John Tyndall

On social mobility:

“White working class scum will be swept away by a future BNP government.” – BNP councillor Simon Smith

“The rich are genetically superior to the poor.” – Tony Lecomber
Tooth and Claw: I’m asking for a source.

I’ve seen some of the quotes before, but not all of them.
Oh my dog.

I’m happy and very very proud that our taxes pay for NHS care for the disabled. It’s part of what makes our country great. I hope you didn’t really mean what you said.

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Answer by Case
Wow…that is absolutely disugsting. Why would anyone support them?

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Question by bob: Should a Teacher tell his class that they are all FREAKS.?
My maths teacher calls our class his “Freak class” and he always tells us that we’re all Freaks.

He even uses the word “freak” to call us sometimes. He’ll be like, “Freaks, come here.”

And one time a boy in my class asked him why he didn’t yell at any of us (because he’s usually one of those scary, yelling teachers) and he said it was because he “Didn’t yell at disabled people” and that “All the other teachers had told him to go easy on us”.

Is this bad for our fragile egos? We’re only innocent 17 y/olds, we don’t need to be reminded what social rejects we are nearly every second day……
And we’re not actually “disabled” btw, he only says that meaning that we’re really stupid…. lol

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Answer by valet dabess
haha no answers in the otehr category so now it’s in p&S

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I’m concerned that I tried to speak about all kinds of disabilities, which might have been a bad idea. My interest in disability rights and issues originally stemmed from my own disability, which isn’t physical and, as I discuss here, often isn’t visible. My thoughts about these issues are obviously very informed by my own experience, and most of my reading has been about non-physical disabilities. I feel like I’m just starting to learn about issues related to physical disability. By the way, I would never use the phrase “confined to a wheelchair”–I was sort of being ironic, but I’m afraid it didn’t come off well.