How would having weird eye lenses affect a species' ability to understand geometry?

Suppose you have a race of early people similar to humans, except that they have fish eyes to help with peripheral vision. Would this adversely affect their spacial reasoning skills? It seems that AS A HUMAN, my eyes are able to perceive Euclidean space in its "true" form and that this is a pretty big advantage. Is this assumption correct? Would fish-eyed people evolve the ability to intuit the shape of objects in their environment, or would they be at a disadvantage?

For example, would they have a harder time discovering the wheel or fabricating smooth surfaces? Would their artists have a harder time understanding perspective or other aspects of technical drawing?

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