# People who are born blind

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**Created:** [November 10, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-born-blind/974706 "2022-11-10T19:53:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-born-blind/974706/1 "2022-11-10T19:53:07Z")

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Do people who were blind since birth describe their concept of sight in a similar way?

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-born-blind/974706/2 "2022-11-10T21:10:28Z")

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From what I’ve read, most, if not all, people born blind have a similar concept of sight. They realize they live in a three-dimensional world and know they can’t “see” things as sighted people can; however, they can imagine what something looks like in a way most of us can’t. For example, many blind people know what a lion “looks” like because they have felt a real stuffed lion and can imagine what it looks like based on how it felt.