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Evaluating someone's eye for glasses can be done entirely by machine as can manufacturing the glasses themselves. I do not understand why we still force people
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
Evaluating someone's eye for glasses can be done entirely by machine as can manufacturing the glasses themselves. I do not understand why we still force people to spend 5-10 minutes sitting in a chair in a dark room going "better....no...worse...better..."
- asciimov 5y agoThe machines can't gauge for personal preference. Many people don't like their vision right at 20/20. I personally like mine closer to 20/15.
- joe5150 5y agoThis I think has a lot to do with individual experiences with optometrists. I went to probably half a dozen optometrists since adolescence before I happened to end up with one who actually made it clear there's a degree of subjectivity with an eyeglass prescription.
- degrews 5y agoWhat? Doesn't 20/20, 20/15 etc. refer to visual acuity (how much detail you can see from a certain distance)? Are there people who prefer anything but the highest possible visual acuity?
- comeonseriously 5y agoBecause an eye exam isn't just about the final prescription. It's about whole eye health (retina health, cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, etc).
- heavyset_go 5y agoThis is important. Eye exams are not just the part where they have you look at letters on the wall in the dark.
- russdill 5y agoRight, but then the way to do that should have nothing to do with corrective lenses and requiring them shouldn't be an artificial barrier to getting corrective lenses. If it's important, then it's important for everyone.