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Thread: I have no idea how to start Bates method!
Post: Re: I have no idea how to start Bates method!

William B. MacCracken, a student of the Bates method who dedicated a book called "Use Your Own Eyes" to Bates, recommends: Quote:Although all reading involves seeing letters, the mind very soon learn...

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Bates Method

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04-08-2006, 09:31 PM

Thread: Personality resists vision improvement
Post: Re: Personality resists vision improvement

A very good book to read is What to Say When You Talk to Your Self by Shad Helmstetter. It's about cognitive behavioral therapy. Changing to a more positive personality can help in freeing and relaxi...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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03-02-2007, 06:32 PM

Thread: black
Post: Re: black

Dave, I may try your letter suggestion sometimes when palming. However, let me show you something non-messy when you think of black ink being spilled (or should I say, similar to how you would view ...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-30-2007, 02:08 AM

Thread: Some noticeable improvements! What works for me.
Post: Re: Some noticeable improvements! What works for ...

I'm impressed. Thanks for posting on this.

Minesweeper

Bates Method

18,665

01-30-2007, 02:11 AM

Thread: Let's make our sight WORSE!
Post: Re: Let's make our sight WORSE!

I have not tried it but it makes a lot of sense. To top off all the other counterinituitive things in the Bates method, this is one of them. It could work.

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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04-24-2007, 06:45 PM

Thread: can it be done
Post: Re: can it be done

Relearning to See is a great book and helps people get a understanding of the Bates method the way it is meant to be understood. This book tells you that the Bates method is not a system of eye exerci...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

10,105

04-24-2007, 07:10 PM

Thread: Central fixation and saccadic eye movements
Post: Re: Central fixation and saccadic eye movements

No one has any comment about this? This is just a theory, but I feel it's pretty accurate. Any comments?

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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04-24-2007, 08:36 PM

Thread: Discovery regarding approach
Post: Discovery regarding approach

Today I had a big observation regarding approachive measures for palming. It is possible that others have thought of it this way... but I've never seen anyone mention anything about it. First let me...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-30-2007, 04:18 PM

Thread: Fallacies of the Scientific Method
Post: Re: Fallacies of the Scientific Method

Observe this. Whether or not you may think this bears a relevance to the Bates Method, the point has just been illustrated that the Scientific Method (and its RCCTs) cannot always portray an accurate...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-30-2007, 06:06 PM

Thread: can it be done
Post: Re: can it be done

Jamie2820 Wrote:If you had to choose between them, Bates book is the best, but Relearning to see is a great additional book, and one which might be better to read first. Jamie Agreed, Jamie! Same go...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

10,105

04-25-2007, 01:42 PM

Thread: Discovery regarding approach
Post: Re: Discovery regarding approach

The more I thought about palming and how Bates wrote that several of his patients had quick results (being cured instantly) by visualizing a letter on the letter chart, while others took considerably ...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-30-2007, 07:22 PM

Thread: Measuring diopters
Post: Re: Measuring diopters

Jamie, I agree -- in 99% of cases. But I'm one of the 1% who has not had my vision get worse whenever I dedicated time to the Bates method. Every day was a little better than the previous day and I d...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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04-25-2007, 02:30 PM

Thread: Hi everyone
Post: Re: Hi everyone

Hi Nadim, Skeptics often question why no scientific study has ever been done on this. You may know that the Scientific Method is the greatest knowledge filter to man, and its double blind study (one ...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-30-2007, 09:15 PM

Thread: Glasses
Post: Re: Glasses

Good point, Dave... When I wrote "(aka diffusion). When you daydream, you are in essence staring, and blanking out. There is no point of interest--in fact, there is usually no visual interest at all...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

21,060

01-31-2007, 12:04 AM

Thread: Core 2 of 3: Post-refractive surgery and Bates method
Post: Re: Core 2 of 3: Post-refractive surgery and Bates...

[snipped for brevity] I've read that normally after LASIK, dry eye is usually temporary. Is this correct? It seems that most patients adjust to the new corneal shape, producing more tears over time. ...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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03-07-2007, 02:17 AM

Thread: Re: How to Persuade Skeptics 101
Post: How to Persuade Skeptics 101

Arguments to be used to persuade skeptics of Bates' Method. --------------------------------------- #1 The mental process is required to decode objects out there, and it can also influence how we see...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-31-2007, 01:57 AM

Thread: Re: How to Persuade Skeptics 101
Post: Re: How to Persuade Skeptics 101

#3 Someone else's own words: <a href="mailto:t...@dgbt.doc.ca">t...@dgbt.doc.ca</a> (Ted Grusec) wrote: >This Bates thing has been around for 50 years ...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-31-2007, 02:00 AM

Thread: Fallacies of the Scientific Method
Post: Re: Fallacies of the Scientific Method

Read the How to Persuade Skeptics 101 thread.

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-31-2007, 02:27 AM

Thread: Re: How to Persuade Skeptics 101
Post: Re: How to Persuade Skeptics 101

HOW THE ARGUMENTS CAN BE USED First, allow me to clarify why I created the "Fallacies of the Scientific Method" thread and especially the somewhat true yet deceiving argument#2 shown above. This wi...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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01-31-2007, 02:50 AM

Thread: can it be done
Post: Re: can it be done

Ridley is correct. Binocular vision is vision in which both eyes are used together. <a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binocular_vision">http://en.wikipedi...

Minesweeper

Bates Method

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04-26-2007, 03:15 PM

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