Category: Questions

Have you ever heard those radio ads where an enthusiastic voice will tout the merits of eye exercises? I’ve always wondered if those work. My friend Bryan also wonders if wearing glasses worsens your vision.

One site I visited said this:

Eyeglasses and contacts only act as band-aids. They don’t improve your eyesight. And various studies show that your eyesight can rapidly worsen due to relying on eyeglasses and contacts to see.

Here are a couple of sites that talk about eye exercises. What do you think?

• www.seeclearlymethod.com
• www.allaboutvision.com/buysmart/see_clearly.htm
• www.rebuildyourvision.com
• www.holistichealthtools.com/improve-your-vision.html
• www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/carrots.asp

It’s your birthday. Four of your friends together buy you one lottery ticket as a present. You win $5 million. Do you share the money with these friends, who only spent $0.25 each on your birthday present?

If you could time travel what time in history would you travel to and where? If you could only take one item what would it be?

Assume for a minute that you had to leave your homeland. Where would you go?

I’d likely move to New Zealand or Australia (because they speak English). Of course, if I picked some poor country I could retire and be some rich nobleman!