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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_method#Sunning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_method#Sunning Aldous Huxley was taken in, unfortunately: https://en
by bloak 1y ago
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_method#Sunning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_method#Sunning
Aldous Huxley was taken in, unfortunately: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Seeing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Seeing
I would guess it's dangerous nonsense, though there are plausible claims that shortsightedness is associated with not spending much time outside as a child so perhaps there's a slight link with something that isn't nonsense.
- spacechild1 1y ago> there are plausible claims that shortsightedness is associated with not spending much time outside as a child AFAIK that has nothing to do with the sun but rather with looking at things at a larger distance than at home.
- bloak 1y agoThat seems likely. An obvious thing perhaps worth mentioning: if you're shortsighted (or longsighted) then you see better in bright sunlight because the iris closes, giving you greater depth of field, so that might make people think/feel that sunlight "cures" myopia. (On the other hand, if you have excellent eyesight then you see better in less bright conditions because your vision is being limited by diffraction at the aperture.)
- amanaplanacanal 1y agoMaybe not: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31722876/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31722876/