Dr. Ellen Langer
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And when we do that, people can see what they couldn't see before.
But just think about it.
You go and you're reading letters that have no meaning.
Is that a J or a J?
Yeah.
And it's in black and white.
What does that have to do with the real world?
You know, I don't know about you, but if I'm hungry, I can see that restaurant sign very far in the distance.
Colors are different from black and white.
Things that are moving are different from things that are still.
For me personally, I see best, I believe, probably around 10, 11 o'clock in the morning.
Hmm.
rather than 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
But that's not what happens.
You go to the doctor, you can't see for whatever reason, you're given a prescription, and then you put on glasses, which are now going to ensure that your eyes don't get better on their own.
So we take the eye chart.
Now, most people believe when you get about two-thirds of the way down,
Now you're not going to be able to see.
So that's a mindset, right?
So what we did, we started the eye chart a third of the way down.