# Did many ancient humans suffer retinal damage during solar eclipses?

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**Created:** [July 7, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-many-ancient-humans-suffer-retinal-damage-during-solar-eclipses/817456 "2018-07-07T10:32:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-many-ancient-humans-suffer-retinal-damage-during-solar-eclipses/817456/21 "2018-07-09T16:26:49Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> And I think you’re overestimating how attentive people in general are. The clues are there, if you pay attention to clues. Most people don’t.

I think you’re biased by how inattentive modern people are while outside. People who spend nearly every daylight hour making their living outside do notice subtle changes in their familiar environment. They may not be able to figure out what’s different, but they’ll notice something is off during an eclipse.

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