Perhaps worth noting: a few years back, the hip intellectuals I know “knew” that blue screens were bad for you and invented/downloaded Flux, and it was discouraging that that was a weird hack you had to get for yourself. But, a few years later, that’s been rolled into official Apple Products, and iPhones now have some built in screen-time managing tools.
Like, I believe that most of the problem is from the screen, and I never really had a strong opinion about eye-strain-in-particular. But… I find myself much more alert with blue light. I thought the mechanism was supposed to be circadian-rhythm based rather than fatigue based, which that article doesn’t discuss.
(The author also comes across as having a bit of a axe to grind about technology before bed, which is, like, a fair ax to want to grind, but makes me suspicious of the broader claim)
Off topic:
Apparently, like most else, this hasn’t replicated; https://news.osu.edu/blue-light-isnt-the-main-source-of-eye-fatigue-and-sleep-loss—its-your-computer/ .
Hmm. I… think I roll to disbelieve on this?
Like, I believe that most of the problem is from the screen, and I never really had a strong opinion about eye-strain-in-particular. But… I find myself much more alert with blue light. I thought the mechanism was supposed to be circadian-rhythm based rather than fatigue based, which that article doesn’t discuss.
(The author also comes across as having a bit of a axe to grind about technology before bed, which is, like, a fair ax to want to grind, but makes me suspicious of the broader claim)
I recently did a quick Google scholar search which convinced me of this, but was lazybwhen finding source for you :).
Google scholar search convinced me but totally ok to disbelieve. After all who is to say non-replications will replicate :).
Fair. Did the google scholar stuff include circadian rhythm stuff?