Two Men

Let’s take two men, standing in the same location. One is nearsighted, vision impared. Two has normal eyesight, good vision. Within the range of One’s vision, both men see the same things, with the same clarity, depth, and focus. Two’s vision extends significantly beyond One’s vision, affording him more information than One can access. Two can see clearly items which One cannot focus. Some items within Two’s range of sight are not visible to One. Which man would you say has the best chance of developing the clearest view of the world around them?

Exchange the word intellect for vision.

Many of us would have no issue with assigning Two the advantage when using “vision” but struggle with the same conclusion when using “intellect”. The second premise seems to unfairly belittle One, and our sense of fairness presses us to compromise our conclusion.