Dear Scott,
I read your post on "positive feedback".
You are a good writer -- and you professional
background shows in the clarity of the post.
As alwys, I take this as a pleasant intellectual
journey.
It is clear that "raw" experimental data shows
that the refractive status changes in the direction
and general magnitude of the applied minus lens.
But I certainly agree that (at the present time)
the knowledge can not be translated into effective
prevention -- except with respect to the most
motivated of pilots.
I would like to "teach" a course to entering
students at a four year college on this
subject -- not that they would take any action -- only
that the would have one year to inform theselves
of the potential for the preventive method.
I do not think a "preventive" study should be conducted
as a "blind" study -- and given the Internet, I would
not take long for the students to figure it out any way.
If you want to simplify and end advocacy for prevention,
you should consider giving the person the "lead" to
do this work under his conditions. At very worst,
he would "fail" and that would be the end
of the effort.
Under the circumstance that we have highly motivated
pilots -- who know what they are doing -- and why
they are doing it, I think a degree of success
could be achieved. I certainly agree that
I would never get into a tug-of-war with an
OD about this issue.
I think the pilot must be intellectually srong
enough to "do it himself", if it comes to that,
in much the manner that other pilots have
cleared their vision on my site.
If you have a successful method, then you
should seek to expand the method of others
who have similary itense motivation -- from
the 20/40 level.
The explicit experimental data can suggest
what might be possible -- but it can
never force anyone to do the work
that is necessary.
Best,
Otis
Engineer
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