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0 pointsoutworlder5y ago0 comments

You know what else does irreparable harm? Failing classes because you can't see!

Most people don't just decide that "hey, today is a good day for me to start wearing glasses, wouldn't it be cool!?"

For young kids, it's usually when they start doing badly in classes or people notice they are squinting. For adults, it's having trouble with things like the DMV exam, caught by routine checkups, or when they notice their peers can see much better than they can.

I could also give you endless anecdotes "proving" the opposite point, that wearing glasses can slow down or stop the progress, but why bother. That's all they are, they are not facts.

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war10255y ago

> That's all they are, they are not facts.

And that's why I said, "I think that will be borne out by research if anyone ever looks into it."

> You know what else does irreparable harm? Failing classes because you can't see!

And I am implying that I believe we are treating that problem sub-optimally and that I believe a better solution could be found for the majority of cases where myopia is an issue.

I read back through what I wrote and I believe I had a fairly measured tone with it. You disagree, that's fine. The whole point of "science" is that people are allowed to have contrary hypotheses and the data should be the final arbiter or who is correct.

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