Let us face it. We all love the minus lens — until we begin to understand that there is a SECONDARY EFFECT on the eye’s refractive STATE.
But most people love that instant effect, and are simply happy with it. It is impossible to “read the mind” of a person, to determine if he wishes to engage in a preventive process (be it Bates or Prentice).
I think we should all be taught the REQUIRED level we MUST pass on our own Snellen. I take it as 20/40, and NOT 20/20. I take it as a PERSONAL responsibility that I objectively confirm this in my home each day.
I also realize that you can not “prescribe” this type of personal responsibility. But the great strength of i-see is that we can share our thoughts, and help each other with these preventive measures.
Certainly, Lisa, John, David, Alex, and indeed second-opinion ODs and MDs have advocated this type of commitment for the last 100 years.
But the real responsibility must be transferred away from the “medical person” and into the person (pilot) himself.
Let us continue to work towards that wise scientific goal.
Just my engineering second-opinion,
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