The double-image above cuts straight to the point: If you see Albert Einstein while sitting a normal distance from your computer, you’re seeing things as you should. If you see Marilyn Monroe, you should probably be wearing glasses or contacts.
I’ve got glasses, so I can easily A/B test by taking my glasses off (I see Monroe) and putting them back on (I see Einstein). If you aren’t near-sighted and you want to see the image how near-sighted folks do, you can squint or just walk away from your computer until you see Monroe.
We’re no optometrists, but it’s easy to ignore a vision problem that’s snuck up a little bit at a time and doesn’t hurt to check.
PS If anyone knows where this image originated, let me know and I’ll update the post.
How to Test Shortsightedness [Google+ via Chris Prillo]
Matt
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 10:31 AMThis is really cool.
Sandy
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 1:39 PMI see a mix. Generally wear glasses anyway. Sigh.
Graeme
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 1:40 PMSince that picture has been around for years I think you’re going to struggle to find the original source – http://www.tineye.com/search/8d089a504ae46eacd4cdd3dfc682d929c0752d05/?page=20&sort=score&order=desc
a.
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 2:58 PMI see Monroe when I take off the glasses. But she has some funky eyebrows going!
Steve
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 8:53 AMI think you mean long-sighted. That is when you need reading glasses.
travis
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 12:24 AMI had friggen walk to the other side of the room till I saw Monroe and even then I still saw a lot Einstein.
Eamonn
Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 4:56 AMIt’s for near-sightedness. Near-sighted means only being able to see clearly when close (near) what you’re looking at while not being able to focus on things from a distance; far-sighted is the opposite. If a person is far-sighted the pic wouldn’t be fuzzy from a distance and therefore would look like AE, not MM.
mike
Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 10:25 AMbeer has a similar effect :)