Nearsightedness May Be Adaptation
For some reason, it did not click with me how to distinguish between nearsighted and farsighted. Like sitting up all night wondering where the sun went after it set, it finally dawned on me: farsighted means you can see what is far, nearsighted means you can see what is near. Recent research about myopia (the expensive word for nearsightedness) may fit into a creation science model.
A Darwinist noted an increase in myopia. There is no "selection" or evolution involved, so it remains puzzling in that worldview. However, the Continuous Environmental Tracking (CET) model being developed by the Institute for Creation Research proposes that creatures are designed by their Creator to respond to environmental changes — the opposite of standard evolutionary views. More research is needed, of course, but the evidence may very well fit the CET model.
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To see the rest, click on "New Ways to See Nearsightedness". Unfortunately, there is no explanation for the myopic management of certain businesses I could name...Steve Turpin, O.D., M.S., a Doctor of Optometry, wrote about an alarming increase in nearsightedness in developed societies on behalf of the Evolution Institute (EI). His conclusions actually contradict Darwinian evolution. In fact, everything Dr. Turpin writes would have nothing to do with evolution were it not for his evolutionary conception of human history. Turpin, like many evolutionists, equate the primitive human ancestors that they envision in their minds to certain native populations living around the world today.