Imagine you are peering out the window of a towering ten-story building, surveying all the minutiae that lies below. You examine insects no larger than rice grains going
about their daily routines in the terrain far below. From your lofty vantage point, you scan
a newspaper left on a bench in a park; moreover, the colors are staggering. That,
according to scientists, is what it would be like if you were so fortunate as to literally have
eagle eyes. There would likely be a cost, however. Some researchers surmise that brain
capacity devoted to sight might sap other senses, such as smell and taste.
What is the effect of the perspective chosen by the author in this passage?