tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post5652307631600269237..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Friday FourGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-14044465198214043152015-04-18T03:12:06.257-06:002015-04-18T03:12:06.257-06:00C.,
It's interesting that there is a name for...C.,<br /><br />It's interesting that there is a name for that since one of my brothers has done very similar things. He has better than 20/20 vision, too.<br /><br />Once, a bat got into my mother's house while we were all there for Christmas and we were keeping an eye out for it to catch it. My brother at some point (and with everyone else in the room oblivious to it) nonchalantly spotted him against the top of a couch and we were able to bag it and get it out of the house.<br /><br />Another time, when we were much younger, I had my new telescope out one night and he asked me how to spot planets. Among the things I told him were that they don't twinkle and that Saturn would look yellowish. Within a minute or so, we were looking at Saturn, rings and all.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-39889906376558729492015-04-17T20:30:24.301-06:002015-04-17T20:30:24.301-06:00Hi Gus,
Your Pumpkin sounds like she might have &...Hi Gus,<br /><br />Your Pumpkin sounds like she might have 'sniper eyes'. That is the capacity to distinguish a camouflaged entity against a similar background. <br /><br />My youngest brother has this. He can pick out animal forms that I can't see until he directs my sight to the close general area. And even then I usually have to scan a couple of times. We can be driving by a 20 acre corn field at 50 mph, and he'll still pick them out with a single scan. <br /><br />I think that it must have more to do with processing than just visual acuity. But I haven't seen any articles on the subject. <br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com