Re: Stereoscopic vision

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 15:55 11/5/00 +0530, you wrote:
> When one is under the influence of alcohol his vision
> of the outside is very close to that of viewing through a stereoscope.
> What I mean is that the relative distances of the objects are much
> more clear. Is this the experience of the others also? I think that
> this is due to the relaxed state of the muscles controlling the
> focussing mechanism of the eye in the intoxicated state.
> Right now I am sending this letter in that state. What I view is very
> close to that when two matched pictures are viewed through a
> stereoscope.
>
> regards,
>
> Sarma.

There is always the question of the contribution of impaired judgment,
rather than perceived improvement in faculties, when one is under
the influence of drugs. There is more than degraded reaction time.

 If one could be shown to distinguish smaller distances in presented
visual fields when intoxicated, then this would be a reasonable basis
for debate.


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