Talk:Natural vision correction
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[edit] Better title?
"Eye correction woo"? "Natural sight"? Also, there's already an article about the Bates eye method and I need to stop procrastinating and write something about Mirzakarim Norbekov.--ZooGuard (talk) 17:02, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- The present title doesn't seem to be anything that anyone would ever think to search for -- certainly Google doesn't seem to think it's a real thing. No doubt the article is on-point, but perhaps the title should be something germane to the one guy it seems to name-chck, or perhaps something about vision more generally. TeenageWasteland (talk) 17:11, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- "Natural vision correction" seems to have a lot of Google-juice, so I'm going to move it there.--ZooGuard (talk) 17:23, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Awesome. You rock. TeenageWasteland (talk) 17:24, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Quackwatch has an Eye-Related Quackery article, so this could be a good alternative title. :) --ZooGuard (talk) 17:46, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- I tend to think that articles should be titled in such a way as to minimize preaching to the choir and maximizes getting to people who need to read the debunking. Someone considering the treatment won't search for "quackery," but will search for someting like "natural vision correction." That's the first step in getting them to read the article they need to read. TeenageWasteland (talk) 17:54, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- "Natural vision correction" seems to have a lot of Google-juice, so I'm going to move it there.--ZooGuard (talk) 17:23, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- I restored the redirect 'cos I've posted a pile of links to it - David Gerard (talk) 18:46, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
[edit] Linkdump
From my currently opened tabs:
- wp:Pinhole glasses
- File:Rasterbrille.jpg
- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/the-truth-about-pinhole-glasses-1253113.html
- http://www.casewatch.org/ftc/news/1993/natural-vision.shtml - I tried finding this on the FTC's website, but their archive goes back only to 1995 or so
--ZooGuard (talk) 17:58, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
[edit] Natural eyesight correction
I've seen a case or two of people not needing their 1 diopter glasses anymore 15 years later, just by getting older. Not sure about the mechanics of that, a quick google turned up this: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1005111100088 Nullahnung (talk) 18:32, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- The described effect is called wp:Presbyopia - see the "Interaction with myopia" section. I just read that while researching eye muscles and pinhole glasses.--ZooGuard (talk) 18:44, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
- Happens to most people in their forties. I had this for a few happy years and am now on the downward slope - David Gerard (talk) 18:47, 4 May 2014 (UTC)