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It's unfortunate that you're being downvoted without anyone telling you why they're downvoting. The issue isn't brightness, it's the actual color of the light.
by LambdaComplex 8y ago
It's unfortunate that you're being downvoted without anyone telling you why they're downvoting.
The issue isn't brightness, it's the actual color of the light. The tl;dr version is "blue light definitely messes with your sleep cycle." There's a Wikipedia page about this, with several references at the bottom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_blue_light_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_blue_light_technolo...
(And I'm sure a search in your favorite search engine will find even more information on this subject)
- mariushn 8y agoAlso, some monitors are way too bright, even when set to 0 (I have LG)
- tEMporality7 8y ago> blue light definitely messes with your sleep cycle ...and kills your eye cells.
- randallsquared 8y ago...eventually when your immune system declines due to age, or if you have an immune disease. The author of f.lux reviewed the recent blue light study on HN, in part pointing out that a daylit blue sky delivers far more blue light to one's eye than screens.