r/ScienceUncensored • u/Zephir-AWT • 4d ago
Half the World’s Population Will Be Nearsighted by 2050
https://techfixated.com/half-the-worlds-population-will-be-nearsighted-by-2050/•
u/Zephir-AWT 4d ago edited 4d ago
Half the World’s Population Will Be Nearsighted by 2050 about review The Role of Light in Refractive Error Development and Myopia
Research points to light deprivation indoors as the key driver, with outdoor time reducing onset risk by 69% The unifying mechanism may not be what you are looking at but how much light is reaching your retina while you do it. When the eye focuses on something nearby, the pupil constricts to sharpen the image. In bright outdoor light, that constriction does not significantly reduce retinal illumination. Under dim indoor lighting, however, the same pupil constriction dramatically reduces the amount of light reaching the retina.
I'd still consider the watching phone and notebook screens from proximity as the primary cause of myopia. See also:
- Inheritance of Refractive Error in Millennials
- Meta settles social media addiction case for $16.7 billion This is funny because people affected get exactly 0 dollars.
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u/carlos2127 3d ago
This would be more interesting if it wasn’t terribly written by AI.
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u/Space19723103 3d ago
a few wars killing off a lot of good genetics probably has something to do with it too
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u/TheWonderfulWoody 2d ago
It’s pretty much widely understood at this point that the recent explosion in nearsightedness amongst the world’s population has little to do with genetics.
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u/ModulusSloth 3d ago
What an odd comment. Could almost be confused for a thinly veiled aryan talking point.
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u/DruPeacock23 4d ago
Cool. I am already there. Seems like I am an early adopter.