Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-2165692-20140425203121/@comment-24590102-20140830100058

The thing to remember is that who whole falmer blindness idea is an ingame claim and, thus, the burden of proof rests with those putting forward the claim rather than those who do not accept the claim. The other issue is that arguments to the author (e.g. Bethesda could be sloppy, Bethesda could be not working around game engine limitations effectively, etc.) are irrelevant because

1. These external arguments raise additional claims for which there is no evidence (e.g. like there being a luminiferous aether for everything)

2. These external arguments cannot contribute constructively to the creation of in-game literature centred on the controversy of such claims.

In all the years that Skyrim has been on the market, the Falmer Helmet visibiility has never once been addressed as a bug. @71.155.144.48 points out, the Falmer Helmets appear to have lenses on them made, possibly, from Chaurus eyes.