... when ... is ... Unfortunately Bates and Prentice did not publish controlled studies. When well designed, double blind, randomized human clinical trials ...
Dear Majortiy-opinion Judy, Subject: The scientific incompetent optometrist I get tired of optometrists who "defend" their "practice" -- but never our right to...
Dear Judy, Subject: Engineers and scientists (like Stirling Colgate) who have the scientific understanding -- necessary for prevention Re: Under THEIR control...
... They won't because: 1. Bates teachers get plenty of business without such clinical trials. The idea that you can improve vision via exercise makes sense,...
... to fund ... (Delete the reasons) I don't really care if the study is done or not. If people are happy to try a therapy and spend money on it without...
Judy, I do RESPECT optometrists who attempt to "change this system". But a lot of that change must be in us -- the public. I hope this link "works". ...
StudyDestroy.txt Original Title: Why Bates instructors don't sponsor clinical trials Subject: Why optometrists will attempt to destroy an intelligent, ...
... trials ... Ummm, my post was not about you. You posted a link to a newspaper article about Bates therapists in which the reporter was critical of the...
Dear Judy, Subject: A 6 year-old working through the 4th Harry Potter book. Re: And the mother "confused". Do you have any responsibility for a kid making ...
Sassy — this is incredible. Subject: Your report of 20/50 and 20/40 Snellen. I say you pass -- when you can go outside and be confident that you will read...
Dear Prevention-minded people, Subject: Who "owns" the second-opinion"? Re: OBJECTION to the use of the minus lens -- is the second-opinion Re: Bates and...
Dear Judy, If you wish to reply to Robert, click here: http://www.effortlessvision.com/forum1/index.php Then click on, "Words of Wisdom" for category, and...
Dear Myopia Avoidance Friend, Subject: Why this 6 year-old's refractive STATE will go DOWN by -3/4 diopters per year. When a person asked me to do something...
... As I have pointed out to you many times, legal blindness is 20/200 or worse WITH GLASSES ON. The term "legally blind with no lens" is meaningless. Judy...
Dear Judy, As I have pointed out to you many times, If you break your glasses, you will not be able to see the 20/200 line -- which is the line that defines...
Dear Judy, Subject: Judy is myopic -- and believes that the minus is perfect. Re: It is clear that Dr. Bates did not believe that to be true. Re: Why Judy...
... Unless you can provide links to actual quotes by me saying these things, you should delete the post in which you made these claims. I have repeatedly told...
... The definition of legal blindness does not just state an acuity line, it states "with glasses". If you want to make the point that someone won't function...
Dear Judy, I always put "legal blindness" in quotes -- so there is NO DOUBT about it. I then go on to say that is normally defined as 20/200. I think a...
Dear Bates/Prentice prevention person. Subject: Remarks about my approach. First -- if it were not for Dr. Bates efforts of 1913 -- I would not have persued...
Sassy, In Engineering, you attempt to "visualize", the problem. Thus when Dr. Bates insisted that a minus was a "bad idea", it was difficult to visualize WHY...
It is always dramatic to "kill" a study before it is completed. If the "researcher" disliked the idea of prevention in the first place, it is always easy to...