Idealogian

Ignorance is Bliss

Mike May was blinded at the age of 3, but thanks to an experimental stem cell transplant has been able to learn to see 43 years later. Fascinating story (as is his online journal), but what really struck me as interesting was this:

May was a champion skier when he was blind (a guide skied in front of him and shouted directions), but he had to close his eyes the first time he skied as a sighted person because the experience was so terrifying.