I have had bifocals for about 10 yrs now and picked up a pair of
progressive lenses this morning. My vision is 20/20, but the doctor
thought plus 1.5 would be benefitial for looking at a computer screen
and reading. I am having a very hard time understand why there is such

The wikipedia article about floaters contains the following claim: <
Despite the name "floaters", many of these specks have a tendency to
sink toward the bottom of the eyeball, in whichever way the eyeball is
oriented; the supine position (looking up or lying back) tends to

In the other thread I started, one of the Bates aficionados said
that I need to have an "open mind".
I fully agree.  I think it's a very important thing, which is why
I always try to maintain an open mind.

In many of my posts I frequently use the word 'Perfect Sight'. But
many are left wondering what exactly I mean by the reference; i.e. how
perfect sight can be defined. So, very simply and concisely, let me
explain the criteria by which it is met:

Subject:  The interesting Dr. Bates
New York Times, July 11, 1931, p. 13, col 1.
DR. W. H. BATES DIES; AN EYE SPECIALIST
Victim, Many Years Ago of a Strange Form of Aphasia, He Disappeared

I have a new prescription with an increase in only one eye. The glasses I now
wear are (L) -2.25 and (R) -2.75 -025 x 145. My previous prescription was
just -2.25 in both eyes. I've never worn glasses for reading but in the week
or so since I've had these new glasses (and not worn ...

Do you read imperfectly? Do you need to push the paper away for it to
become clear? Does it get blurry close up? Well, listen up closely,
because the situation is not as hopeless as you have deemed it to be.
There IS a cure! But it just needs to be practiced with dedication,

How does color vision really work?
We all know about the standard theory of color vision -- that there
are three kinds of cones in the human eye partitioning the world of
colors into three dimensions.  Researchers have even found evidence

Dear Second-opinion friends,
Subject: The word "cure" makes for a very bad and false idea.
My appreciation of Bates was in his FIRST steps
of prevention -- i.e., was tp INSIST that the kids

[...WHEN PALMING IS SUCCESSFUL
Although black is, as a rule, the easiest color to remember, for
reasons explained in the next chapter, the following method sometimes
succeeds when the memory of black fails: Remember a variety of colors

[...A House Built On Sand
That the results of the present method of treating defects of vision
are far from satisfactory is something which no one would attempt to
deny. It is well known that many patients wander from one specialist

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[...FACTS VERSUS THEORIES
Reading fine print is commonly supposed to be an extremely dangerous
practice, and reading print of any kind upon a moving vehicle is
thought to be even worse. Looking away to the distance, however, and

BATES, William Horatio, a doctor, was born in Newark, NJ, on December
23, 1860, the son of Charles and Amelia (Halsey) Bates.
Graduated (AB) at Cornell University in 1881, received his medical
specialization to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1885. He

Seeing as 'blur interpretation' is a common argument used to refute
possible recoveries, I thought it would be good to raise the matter in
this new thread, because it's getting on my nerves a little.
First off, what do the naysayers mean exactly when they say 'blur