In about 10 years, shortsightedness could be cured through eye drops, says Dr Chris Hammond
I always get suspicious when I see scientists paraphrased - I'd bet good money that what he actually said came with some qualifiers and caveats that didn't make for a good story. As the article notes later on, this is one part of a system that probably involves several different genes interacting with biological factors.
Not to downplay it - I used to work with another group who were researching this sort of stuff, and it's a major find.
What's with all that "glasses are icky" crap in the article? I care about 1000 times more about not walking into walls in dim light than I do about the aesthetics of glasses.
Still...I would wear vanity frames even I got my vision fixed. I prefer the way my face looks with glasses. (With lenses with a slight prescription. You can always tell fake lenses from the reflection and it looks stupid.)
I've always liked yourself in glasses, too :-) You suit them well.
It's very WTF. I find they draw attention to the eyes, and what's not sexy about that? But then, I'm not a magazine fashion director concerned with varnishing over any blemishes on my mannequins models...
Except the article points out that myopia is largely environmental - the genetics certainly don't help, but it's much more prevalent in the first-world countries (especially Asia) than anywhere else.
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Date: 2010-09-16 07:00 pm (UTC)Speaking as somebody who's needed vision correction for myopia since I was 12, this is awesome.
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Date: 2010-09-16 07:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-16 07:12 pm (UTC)On balance, I find that the benefits of living in the future outweigh the drawbacks.
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Date: 2010-09-16 07:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-16 07:11 pm (UTC)I always get suspicious when I see scientists paraphrased - I'd bet good money that what he actually said came with some qualifiers and caveats that didn't make for a good story. As the article notes later on, this is one part of a system that probably involves several different genes interacting with biological factors.
Not to downplay it - I used to work with another group who were researching this sort of stuff, and it's a major find.
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Date: 2010-09-16 07:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-16 09:05 pm (UTC)I kind of want to use it in library research classes as a teaching tool.
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Date: 2010-09-17 02:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-17 07:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-16 07:31 pm (UTC)Still...I would wear vanity frames even I got my vision fixed. I prefer the way my face looks with glasses. (With lenses with a slight prescription. You can always tell fake lenses from the reflection and it looks stupid.)
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Date: 2010-09-16 09:47 pm (UTC)-- A <3
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Date: 2010-09-17 02:20 am (UTC)It's very WTF. I find they draw attention to the eyes, and what's not sexy about that? But then, I'm not a magazine fashion director concerned with varnishing over any blemishes on my
mannequinsmodels...(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-17 05:26 am (UTC)I like my specs anyway.
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Date: 2010-09-18 08:50 pm (UTC)