Kathy Dettwyler said:

>The skeptical scientist in me, however, wonders if children who are already
>having vision problems at an early age would tend to be more afraid of the
>dark (because the pile of clothes on the chair really *does* look like a
>monster to a near-sighted person) . . . and therefore that the causal arrow
>goes from near-sightedness to night-light, rather than the other way around.

I was wondering the exact same thing!  I want to read the actual study -
what I saw presented on the news was highly dubious in terms of causality.
Even the researchers admitted it, although their hedging didn't get noted by
the news report, of course.

Mary Renard
proud to be associated with other skeptical scientists!

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