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{{Nutshell|EndMyopia Wiki is written from | {{Nutshell|EndMyopia Wiki is written from '''our point of view'''. We try to be objective in our assessment of other vision improvement methods, but if they worked better than EndMyopia '''we would be doing that instead'''.|EndMyopia Wiki is '''under no obligation''' to host material promoting other vision improvement methods.|Everyone is entitled to their own opinion! Feel free to try other methods.}} | ||
EndMyopia Wiki is written from | EndMyopia Wiki is written from '''our point of view'''. In contrast to more objective resources, such as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] with their [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:NPOV|neutral point of view]] policy, we are openly written from our point of view. That means '''we think we're the best'''. | ||
There are big checks and balances on thinking we're the best, however. It is not a position that the community comes to lightly, and there is plenty of internal debate over what is important and what is not important when it comes to vision improvement. With that said, there are quite a few things everyone 'under the banner of EM' has managed to agree on. Here are some examples: | There are big checks and balances on thinking we're the best, however. It is not a position that the community comes to lightly, and there is plenty of internal debate over what is important and what is not important when it comes to vision improvement. With that said, there are quite a few things everyone 'under the banner of EM' has managed to agree on. Here are some examples: | ||
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:'''[[Ayurveda]], [[healing crystals]] and other [[natural healing]] stuff is pseudoscience nonsense that can be dismissed out of hand. It's dumb.''' | :'''[[Ayurveda]], [[healing crystals]] and other [[natural healing]] stuff is pseudoscience nonsense that can be dismissed out of hand. It's dumb.''' | ||
::This stuff is great at making people feel really good about themselves, which is not entirely a bad thing. However, it is next to worthless for actually fixing the root cause of your myopia. How many people who practice this stuff get real, confirmed improvement in [[eye tests]] from licensed [[optometrist]]s? We're sure they feel '''<u>AMAZING</u>''' however {{smiley}} | ::This stuff is great at making people feel really good about themselves, which is not entirely a bad thing. However, it is next to worthless for actually fixing the root cause of your myopia. How many people who practice this stuff get real, confirmed improvement in [[eye tests]] from licensed [[optometrist]]s? We're sure they feel '''<u>AMAZING</u>''' however {{smiley}} | ||
==Rationale== | ==Rationale== | ||
We don't want to promote content that we '''genuinely think is not worth hosting'''. You can find objective assessment of other vision improvement methods we know to be less effective on here, and the article will cover the good and bad of it. What you '''won't find''', are long love letters about how magic healing crystals and will improve your eyesight. Because they won't. {{grey|{{resize|65%|(as much as we wish they would...)}}}} | We don't want to promote content that we '''genuinely think is not worth hosting'''. You can find objective assessment of other vision improvement methods we know to be less effective on here, and the article will cover the good and bad of it. What you '''won't find''', are long love letters about how magic healing crystals and will improve your eyesight. Because they won't. {{grey|{{resize|65%|(as much as we wish they would...)}}}} | ||