tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7168962966871081323..comments2024-03-28T04:08:45.199-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: OK, this is a serious health threat, if truePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-786978371769481692017-07-03T23:55:49.884-05:002017-07-03T23:55:49.884-05:00Good. If something is marketed as "smart"...Good. If something is marketed as "smart" that should all anyone needds to know to know its anything butAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81252623488216095862017-07-03T13:15:47.924-05:002017-07-03T13:15:47.924-05:00What's the difference between electronics and ...What's the difference between electronics and the hundreds (if not thousands) of books I read as a kid?davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13579043129470256468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29493328954947481562017-07-03T09:36:59.971-05:002017-07-03T09:36:59.971-05:00If you watch this lecture, and then think about ho...If you watch this lecture, and then think about how all this cell phone use is the reverse of what he is suggesting- (i.e. training your eyes to be weaker rather than stronger), you'll begin to see what's happening in the larger population:<br /><br />https://youtu.be/x5Efg42-Qn0Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71718287003691853412017-07-02T16:17:04.959-05:002017-07-02T16:17:04.959-05:00There is always this, which PROVES that TV damages...There is always this, which PROVES that TV damages your eyesight ... <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXCpYgd338U<br /><br />Phil BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-27974708441860620622017-07-02T11:29:55.422-05:002017-07-02T11:29:55.422-05:00at one time it was that reading books (especially ...at one time it was that reading books (especially indoors) damaged your eyes<br /><br />then it was that watching TV damaged your eyes<br /><br />then it was using computers damaged your eyes<br /><br />now it's using phones/tablets damages your eyes<br /><br />either they have been crying wolf, or it's a matter that everything is bad, so unless they can quantify which is worse, you can't make any judgment about what you should and shouldn't doUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084309137541367977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38125760765265903642017-07-02T06:32:59.670-05:002017-07-02T06:32:59.670-05:00The rather old fashioned "eye exercises"...The rather old fashioned "eye exercises" can largely prevent this sort of problem. Sad that our modern, sedentary lifestyle does not provide adequate exercise for our children. Parents need to realize that, and arrange scheduled exercise daily for their children<br /><br />Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826464928376433382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10922103071027313222017-07-01T19:45:31.323-05:002017-07-01T19:45:31.323-05:00It is correctable. I wear glasses but have to take...It is correctable. I wear glasses but have to take them off if I look at my phone. Otherwise my vision will be off for a while. Using +lenses for up close stuff helps too.Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-37147277402414478622017-07-01T18:26:32.069-05:002017-07-01T18:26:32.069-05:00"When our lenses stiffen with age, people wit..."When our lenses stiffen with age, people with myopia will still be able to see up close. People with "normal" vision will only be able to see farther away."<br /><br />Nope. Myopia does not prevent losing near sight as you age. As I get closer to 50 I have to use a magnifying glass more often than not to read close up small print. That is why they make bi-focals.Chris Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001920155309388738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-19575537752217672942017-07-01T17:47:54.973-05:002017-07-01T17:47:54.973-05:00"so what do we do to solve their problem?&quo..."so what do we do to solve their problem?"<br /><br /><br />Not our job! Adults need to solve their OWN problems.<br /><br />I've got enough on my plate to keep me busy without looking for people with problems to solve.<br /><br />nAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44292034728650658592017-07-01T17:30:27.778-05:002017-07-01T17:30:27.778-05:00Evolution=Survival of the fittest
If today's l...Evolution=Survival of the fittest<br />If today's life and work consists of staring at screens and displays, myopic people are the fittest. So what?hdemandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498596685662877804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41407076958173464082017-07-01T15:06:37.794-05:002017-07-01T15:06:37.794-05:00Unhealthy? Not necessarily. I talked to an optomet...Unhealthy? Not necessarily. I talked to an optometrist about this, when I first had to get reading glasses. He had an interesting view that your body is largely just adapting to what it thinks you need.<br /><br />Myopia has been increasing for a long time. We have been moving from agricultural to office work for a long time. Smart phones are now taking this farther. According to his view, myopia is just our bodies emphasizing our vision where we seem to need it. When our lenses stiffen with age, people with myopia will still be able to see up close. People with "normal" vision will only be able to see farther away.<br /><br />That's neither healthy nor unhealthy. It's just our bodies being adapting to the lives we lead.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003252319153247844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67518510251163539392017-07-01T14:47:04.851-05:002017-07-01T14:47:04.851-05:00In his prequel to The Foundation series, Isaac Asi...In his prequel to The Foundation series, Isaac Asimov posited the central world as being entirely one structure. The residents were forced to take elevators to the top, to visit an open-air observation deck ... once a year. It terrified most of them.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.com