Right before that quote is this one:
"participants with the nose were able to play the Tuscan villa game for 94.2 seconds longer than those playing without"
It seems dishonest to ignore the first half of a sentence while quoting the second half.
"participants with the nose were able to play the Tuscan villa game for 94.2 seconds longer than those playing without"
It seems dishonest to ignore the first half of a sentence while quoting the second half.
Funny what all gets filtered out. When I'm wearing my extremely old plastic glasses (real ones, not VR), I do not perceive the myriad of scratches on it either, though it certainly contributes to less resolution of what I see, but I'm not aware. Most people are shocked when they get new glasses/lenses/eyes about the increase in detail they weren't aware of.
Which is not to say that you wouldn't have gotten used to and started ignoring a scratch you could see, because you're right; you would have. But that's not what's actually going on.
I'm going to guess that the person you're replying to is sufficiently familiar with his glasses to know what he actually sees.