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Right now, I am attempting to proofread this post, at night, in roughly similar light conditions, and I have not dimmed the PC LCD. And I have, on rare occasions, at night, read a book on this screen. Doesn't mean I am typical, and this factor could lessen the experimental effect. But it isn't likely to make LCD better than eInk. One study author is an Apple consultant. If this study is replicated, as seems likely given its careful attention to making sure experimental subjects follow the protocol, Apple will apply the lessons.* Then Apple will sell more devices to now slightly more wide-awake repeat customers. This article survived peer review to be published in the second most cited scientific journal in world, the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. Now, every scientific study has strengths and weaknesses. However, unless you have evidence of plagiarism or faked results, this character assassination is out of line. ______________________________ * I'm not sure if changing the peak spectral wavelength for the background to black text, in the iPad or Fire, would require a hardware change, or if they could offer it as a software update. Does anyone know? Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 12-26-2014 at 09:00 PM. |
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The researchers themselves described the lighting as "dim" (and once, "very dim"). Right now I'm in indoor Perth summertime daylight filtered through a blind, and the item I'm reading on my iPad mini is black on a grey background, with the brightness one step off minimum. Full brightness makes no sense unless the participants were outdoors in the daytime, or had fairly severe cataracts (which seems unlikely).
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Research papers are not holy gospel.
Mistakes and misconduct are common, and so is back scratching. Even then, the embarrasing revelations and belated retractions have been exploding all century: http://theconversation.com/what-less...r-review-28823 http://www.nature.com/news/2011/1110...26a/box/2.html Quote:
Publish or perish leads to a boatload of manure this century. Last edited by fjtorres; 12-26-2014 at 09:56 PM. |
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I won't be surprised if according to these publishers.. err.. researchers, the best would be if you stay with paper :P
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Just what part of 'this is the internet' don't you quite understand...
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I think that it depends of the light exposure.
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![]() Well, in his defense, the paper isn't factually wrong. Just meaningless. It doesn't say anything that wasn't known beforehand, especially by the researchers and reviewers, nor does it help anybody since it warns people not to do something no rational adult would do. (I suppose an over-eager 6 year old might read his digital storybook at full blast under the covers. But I doubt it. Tablets at full blast in the dark can be nasty.) At any time, there are literally hundreds of university research proposals just like it at Government agencies, foundations, and corporate R&D offices, trying to squeeze some grant money off a pet concept or established fact by wrapping it in trendy buzzwords or tying it to a current hot subject no matter how much of a reach it might be. Standard practice when evaluating research proposals (been there, tried to escape, still done it) is to have veterans of the process to spot repeaters; the same folks submit the same proposals year after year in different wrapping. University researchers are a lot like the old pulp writers: they follow the money. And adapt. The pulp writers adapted their plots and characters to whatever venue was buying. If Westerns weren't buying but Police stories were, the taciturn old west Sheriff dealing with outlaws became a Precinct cop dealing with a gang. It's all about bringing in the grant money. And if wrapping an old bit of research in made-up terms like LE ereader and tying it to the oh-so-trendy ebook brings in the moolah, so much the better. And if a bit of tailoring can align it to please the patrons, no problem. It might help secure the next grant. As I said, junk is junk. Not worth taking seriously. |
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The topic was also discussed in this Guardian article:
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A completely unwarranted conclusion IMHO. The BBC leapt from that to: "E-books 'damage sleep and health,' doctors warn" So, it is not only "light emitting" reading devices that are bad for pre-sleep reading, but electronic books themselves. I would call that egregious overstating. |
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Lots of people use electric space heaters. These give you plenty of reading light as well.
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