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'''Blind Belief''', is accepting certain propositions to be true, without a fully detailed look at the reasons at why the propositions would be true. Sometimes when we want something to be true badly enough, such as the [[Unicorn Farming|many advertised cures]] for [[myopia]] on the internet, we'll believe it without fully considering the evidence before us. When reading [[EndMyopia]] content, we want you to be screaming in your head, "This is probably a scam!" Because it probably is, anyway.
[[File:Myopia jake down.png|right|thumb|Probably untrustworthy...?]]
This guide will show you how to doubt EndMyopia, when you're coming across it for the first time. ''Wait what?''
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==Obviously, you should doubt this==
{{quote|This is total rubbish! If myopia was reversible everyone would know by now! This guy is trying to sell me something!|You, reading literally anything here for the first time}}
When reading [[EndMyopia]] content for the first time, if you seriously didn't doubt this stuff for the first time that would be pretty impressive. Mostly everybody has the same initial experience when they find the site for the first time. "It's all a scam." {{smaller|"I mean, it probably is, right?"}}


==Causality==
There are, of course plenty of [[Wikipedia:snake oil|snake oil]] salespeople on the internet. At a quick glance, EndMyopia shouldn't seem all that different.
How does the [[Bates method]] address the underlying biology in reversing the [[axial length]] of the eye, for instance? There are a lot of [[cinical studies]] that just as [[hyperopic defocus]] will increase axial length and therefore myopia, [[myopic defocus]] will decrease axial length. The Bates method relies on eye exercises such as [[palming]], [[swinging]] and other things doesn't induce myopic defocus, which is the stimulus, according to clinical studies, that reduces the length of the eyeball.
 
==Reasons to reconsider extreme doubt==
Here's a few reasons you should, maybe reconsider whether any of this stuff is real instead of dismissing it without thinking:
*[https://endmyopia.org/success/ We have plenty of glowing reviews]
*[[Shortsighted the podcast|We have a podcast full of <s>paid actors</s> conversations with EndMyopians all over the world]]
*[[EndMyopia:EDIT|This entire wiki was built]] from the ground up by an army of volunteers, for free
*There are plenty of [[Clinical_Studies|clinical studies (list)]] that indicate the axial length of the eyeball is not fixed and can change over time. We didn't write these studies, we're just applying their lessons.
*We don't shove paid courses in your face. You can buy a [[BackTo20/20]] membership, but we're clear this isn't necessary to reverse your myopia. {{smaller|([[Jakey]] is going broke though, support us)}}
 
We encourage you to be open-minded and consider all of the options available to you, instead of just ours. We're all about engaging those critical thinking skills. If you can understand vision biology yourself, then you are in a better position to decide what is and isn't likely to fix your eyesight.
 
==See also==
*[[Frequently Asked Questions/Skepticism]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:30, 19 December 2020

Probably untrustworthy...?

This guide will show you how to doubt EndMyopia, when you're coming across it for the first time. Wait what?

Obviously, you should doubt this

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This is total rubbish! If myopia was reversible everyone would know by now! This guy is trying to sell me something!

— You, reading literally anything here for the first time

When reading EndMyopia content for the first time, if you seriously didn't doubt this stuff for the first time that would be pretty impressive. Mostly everybody has the same initial experience when they find the site for the first time. "It's all a scam." "I mean, it probably is, right?"

There are, of course plenty of snake oil salespeople on the internet. At a quick glance, EndMyopia shouldn't seem all that different.

Reasons to reconsider extreme doubt

Here's a few reasons you should, maybe reconsider whether any of this stuff is real instead of dismissing it without thinking:

We encourage you to be open-minded and consider all of the options available to you, instead of just ours. We're all about engaging those critical thinking skills. If you can understand vision biology yourself, then you are in a better position to decide what is and isn't likely to fix your eyesight.

See also

References