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posted by martyb on Saturday June 09 2018, @06:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-need-bigger-books-held-further-away dept.

New research led by scientists at Cardiff University and the University of Bristol found that people who spend more time in education are more likely to develop near-sightedness. Specifically, researchers found that for every year a person spends in education — where they are likely to spend more time reading and typing on computers — there is a rise in myopic refractive error of 0.27 diopters, a diopter being a standard measure of the optical power of a lens. An estimated 68,000 participants were examined using the "Mendelian randomization" (MR), approach which is often used to examine causal effect of a disease in observational studies.

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/1199570-study-suggests-education-causes-short-sightedness

https://www.salon.com/2018/06/07/theres-a-scientific-reason-nerds-have-bad-eyesight/


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday June 09 2018, @02:32PM (2 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Saturday June 09 2018, @02:32PM (#690796) Homepage Journal

    That's The Problem, Not The Solution:

    Were DJT to declare Martial Law, those Armed And Dangerous folk would take sides then commence shooting each other.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09 2018, @03:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09 2018, @03:18PM (#690800)

    Were DJT to declare Martial Law, those Armed And Dangerous folk would take sides then commence shooting each other.

    The paranoia is strong with this one.

    We're approaching two years and none of the dire anti-Trump predictions of Mad Max times have come to pass. It's time to admit you were wrong and move on. Doubling down only makes it look more foolish.

    • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday June 10 2018, @02:24AM

      by Sulla (5173) on Sunday June 10 2018, @02:24AM (#691006) Journal

      Man you just dont get it! Drumph is literally Hitler and every day we dont #impeach millions of Americans could potentially die tomorrow! Fact: we know he wants to kill Americans. Unknown: when he will do it. Every day he doesnt the likelyhood he will do it tomorrow increases 100 fold.

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