tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post8973713217127263318..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: Search Challenge (11/5/14): Plausible or not, and why...?Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-89784690705343332702014-11-07T15:55:18.675-08:002014-11-07T15:55:18.675-08:00…doh, meant to add this as a bit o' nautical e...…doh, meant to add this as a bit o' nautical eye salt… courtesy of S. George<br /><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmaritimemuseum" rel="nofollow">NMM</a><br />enjoyed the Black Flag/Wooden Legs and Parrots preview <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/popocatepetl/news/48470/Popocatpetl-volcano-Mexico-pictures-of-crater-lava-dome-52-destroyed.html" rel="nofollow">Ramón</a><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/11/eruption-update-kilauea-popocatepetl-newberry-and-turrialba/" rel="nofollow">updates</a> remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-31916716466139138012014-11-07T15:31:34.072-08:002014-11-07T15:31:34.072-08:00⌘F David Cordingly
Cordingly bio
a ship of note th...<a href="http://www.dvdizzy.com/pirates3disc.html" rel="nofollow">⌘F <i>David Cordingly</i></a><br /><a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/cordinglydavid" rel="nofollow">Cordingly bio</a><br />a ship of note that might be of interest -<br /><a href="http://www.abebooks.com/Billy-Ruffian-Majestys-Ship-Bellerophon-Downfall/10441250678/bd" rel="nofollow">Billy Ruffian</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bellerophon_(1786)" rel="nofollow">HMS Bellerophon</a><br /><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-29/news/ls-59137_1_david-cordingly-black-flag-pirates" rel="nofollow">a review of <b>"UNDER THE BLACK FLAG"</b></a><br /><a href="http://postimg.org/image/ykg018izt/" rel="nofollow">maybe not conclusive proof, <b>BUT</b> that Pirate of Penzance on the right looks familiarly convincing</a> ;-)<br />am off to walk the plank…remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-80497812328914217732014-11-07T14:35:30.420-08:002014-11-07T14:35:30.420-08:00[Pirates: Fact and Fiction] and [Pirates: Fact and...[Pirates: Fact and Fiction] and [Pirates: Fact and Fiction intext:"eye patches"] that I tried after reading Sarah George post, gives good results. I tried this query after doing [ pirates site:www.davidcordingly.com]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dmns.org/media/6243/real_pirates_fact_vs_fiction.pdf" rel="nofollow">From BBC and National Geographic.</a> <br />MYTH: Pirates wore eye patches due to battle scars.<br />FACT: The image of the maimed pirate was popularized through Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, and it unintentionally expressed an important truth: seafaring was a terribly dangerous line of work. Sailors routinely lost eyes, hands, and legs to flying splinters and chunks of wood in naval battle and to accidents on board the ship (i.e., shifting cargo, falling gear)Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-52809001915282313042014-11-07T14:25:04.851-08:002014-11-07T14:25:04.851-08:00Dr. Russell, I think you have preview of the book ...Dr. Russell, I think you have preview of the book that Sarah mentions. I have the preview and no mention about neither eyepatches nor eye patches <a href="http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=fnoi6SM1u5cC&lpg=PP1&dq=Under%20the%20Black%20Flag%20The%20Romance%20and%20the%20Reality%20of%20Life%20Among%20the%20Pirates&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=eyepatches&f=false" rel="nofollow">Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates By David Cordingly, 2013</a>Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-10544040290957733022014-11-07T14:18:21.732-08:002014-11-07T14:18:21.732-08:00Have you tried filtering your search by raising th...Have you tried filtering your search by raising the reading level to advanced/intermediate? I used Query [pirates history eye patch] Reading Level Advanced which gave me several hits including some historical books. Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-11450410074065558982014-11-07T14:06:27.273-08:002014-11-07T14:06:27.273-08:00Fred -- I didn't seem to have that problem. T...Fred -- I didn't seem to have that problem. The query [ Subject:"Pirates--History" ] in Google Books gave me a fair number of decent results back, including a lot of non-juvenile books. Some are for young readers, but not all. <br /><br />It's true that this search in Scholar doesn't give great results. I take it that there just aren't many scholarly papers on this topic; I guess that doesn't surprise me much. There are a few historical results, but not many about ophthalmology. <br /> Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-19941711828483393602014-11-07T13:57:04.116-08:002014-11-07T13:57:04.116-08:00I've got this book somewhere at home, and will...I've got this book somewhere at home, and will take a look for it this weekend. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-49042674220634678352014-11-07T13:50:41.605-08:002014-11-07T13:50:41.605-08:00Hi Dr. Russell and Fred. I was thinking about this...Hi Dr. Russell and Fred. I was thinking about this: "The problem is these books were not scholarly non-fiction books, but children's books". <br /><br />There is a way to exclude some books? I think maybe if we add (-) could work. Or maybe add scholarly to the query?<br /><br />[Subject:"Pirates--History"]<br />[Subject:"Pirates--History" -kids -non-fiction]<br />[subject:"pirates--history" -kids] another question is this a good way to search? [subject:"pirates--history" -kids|children]<br /><br />Thanks! Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-80947265488504052502014-11-07T07:01:29.936-08:002014-11-07T07:01:29.936-08:00Nicely done. Excellent research (and great docume...Nicely done. Excellent research (and great documentation). Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-74142076487558115922014-11-07T06:01:34.126-08:002014-11-07T06:01:34.126-08:00Think this search is a reminder to us not to make ...Think this search is a reminder to us not to make assumptions.<br />I ended up on the snopes site which reminded me that perhaps pirates wearing eyepatches is a fiction anyway – thus the entire premise is suspicious.<br /><br />I don't have time to write this up now but in Google Books I found:<br />“Under the Black FlagThe Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates” by David Cordingly, 2013.<br />Sadly no preview available although there are previous editions of same book with some preview.<br />He used to work for the UK National Maritime Museum so should be credible.<br />I did find a review of a previous edition at:<br />http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/9/27/captain-morgan-is-not-the-only/<br /><br />This actually mentions eyepatches as a true occurance.<br /><br />I also got completely sidetracked by the National Maritime Museum site which is fascinating – I find ships interesting and beautiful, especially sail ships but even the huge container ships have a certain beauty to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024498995853851022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-28670564477336879142014-11-07T04:09:31.796-08:002014-11-07T04:09:31.796-08:00Is it me or is it Google?
I went back to try dif...Is it me or is it Google? <br /><br />I went back to try different search skills and thought I need to practice using what we learned at the beginning of October with Books and LOC subject headers. I tried using what I found Subject:"Pirates" and even Subject:"Pirates--History" and didn't find much. <br /><br />I went over to Google Scholar and tried to search for [ pirate eye patch ] and eliminated patents and citations. The SERP was populated with books. The problem is these books were not scholarly non-fiction books, but children's books. Not what I was expecting and not helpful. So were the corpuses separate and now getting cross-referenced?krossbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877826327758153784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-26581733789557378652014-11-07T04:02:59.414-08:002014-11-07T04:02:59.414-08:00Glad to hear it's worked out for you already. ...Glad to hear it's worked out for you already. Keep it up! (All other SearchResearchers, get busy and get your own!) <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-50809764409067034852014-11-06T20:33:39.653-08:002014-11-06T20:33:39.653-08:00Search [eyepatch in cinema] turns up this gem
htt...Search [eyepatch in cinema] turns up this gem<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jun/23/film-eyepatch-tradition<br /><br />and<br /><br />http://mythbustersresults.com/episode71 Pirate Special: Only rated plausible because there is no recorded historical precedent for this myth. ANd if Mythbusters say it is so, it is.<br /><br />I ran the same search in ebsco using my brand new Alumnus card that you suggested we get. 4,500 journals searched and nothing found in them.<br /><br />Bono: Yes the shades help to slow the damage to his eyes caused by glaucoma.<br /><br />Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2007; 35: 305-309 says a family history of glaucoma makes wearing shades advisable.<br /><br />I don't know if Mr Bono has a family history of glaucoma. It can't hurt him to use sunglasses to protect his eyes.<br /><br />My new card is paying off already.<br /><br />Thanks for the tip<br /><br />jon tUjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-35211328159922209982014-11-06T14:29:34.272-08:002014-11-06T14:29:34.272-08:00Hello, Remmmij. How do you find so many pages and ...Hello, Remmmij. How do you find so many pages and articles? Very interesting thinks you find. Maybe you should create a Remmijpedia? :) <br /><br />I have a lot to read and learn. I didn't understand your question and that is why I don't have an answer.<br /><br />In the Art Bell searched for Tesla and found great video. About Popocatépetl; in this time normally we have lots of plume, ash and amazing photos. Did you see the one I just posted?<br /><br />Great afternoon, RemmijRamon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-12009397372972108572014-11-06T13:24:31.381-08:002014-11-06T13:24:31.381-08:00articles after the turn of this century seem skewe...articles after the turn of this century seem skewed by myth-busters & Hollywood (posted earlier, but failed to show)<br /><a href="http://avast-me-hearties.blogspot.com/2008/04/eyepatch-myth-again.html" rel="nofollow">some musings on being patchless</a><br />used [pirate eye patch myth]<br /><a href="http://athenaeumelectronica.blogspot.com/2011/11/dispelling-myths-pirate-eyepatch.html" rel="nofollow">Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah</a><br />perhaps useful - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates" rel="nofollow">pyrates - 1724 earlier survey</a><br />found here: <a href="http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/TheGoldenAgeofPiracy1700-1725/p/Pirates-Truth-Facts-Legends-And-Myths.htm" rel="nofollow">'aboot' ed - Latin American history?</a><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates.html?id=s7cbkutw_acC" rel="nofollow">goo books</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-53484394009993156012014-11-06T12:31:58.321-08:002014-11-06T12:31:58.321-08:00Ramón - interesting suggestions - from Jaime Mauss...Ramón - interesting suggestions - from Jaime Maussan link (is he <a href="http://artbell.com/" rel="nofollow">Mexico's Art Bell? or is Bell the Maussan of Pahrump, Nevada?</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/31/the_nazis_next_door_eric_lichtblau" rel="nofollow">history</a><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/11/05/361427276/how-thousands-of-nazis-were-rewarded-with-life-in-the-u-s" rel="nofollow">NPR interview excerpts</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip" rel="nofollow">Operation Paperclip</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/jaimemaussan1/status/526072417412980736" rel="nofollow">10/25, pretty good puff, hope it doesn't go Hawaiian</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-68917265728466750102014-11-06T12:00:41.793-08:002014-11-06T12:00:41.793-08:00modern pirate would opt for…
65k, 35 amazon…
corre...<a href="http://www.insighttechnology.com/l3-products/gpnvg" rel="nofollow">modern pirate would opt for…</a><br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/the-four-eyed-night-vision-goggles-that-helped-take-dow-1654543721" rel="nofollow">65k, 35 amazon…</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/EOTech-Ground-Panoramic-Vision-GPG-000-A18/dp/B00N8WXLOO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1415035347&sr=8-3&keywords=gpnvg&tag=gizmodoamzn-20&ascsubtag=%5Breferrer%7Cwww.google.com%5Btype%7Clink%5BpostId%7C1654543721%5Basin%7CB00N8WXLOO%5BauthorId%7C5722017953025243831" rel="nofollow">correction, $40,999.00 & going up, save 7%, see comments - <i>"I was stumped as to what to get my kid for his birthday this year. He's 6…"</i> (plausible? :-|)</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-16437611432478396992014-11-06T07:31:27.757-08:002014-11-06T07:31:27.757-08:00articles after the turn of this century seem skewe...articles after the turn of this century seem skewed by myth-busters<br /><a href="http://avast-me-hearties.blogspot.com/2008/04/eyepatch-myth-again.html" rel="nofollow">some musings on being patchless</a><br />used [pirate eye patch myth]<br /><a href="http://athenaeumelectronica.blogspot.com/2011/11/dispelling-myths-pirate-eyepatch.html" rel="nofollow">Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah</a><br />perhaps useful - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates" rel="nofollow">pyrates - 1724 earlier survey</a><br />found here: <a href="http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/TheGoldenAgeofPiracy1700-1725/p/Pirates-Truth-Facts-Legends-And-Myths.htm" rel="nofollow">aboot ed - Latin American history?</a><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates.html?id=s7cbkutw_acC" rel="nofollow">goo books</a><br />pergaps an ear patch would have been more handy - <a href="http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2003_Groups/Transdermal/page%204/page4.htm" rel="nofollow">TRANSDERM SCOP (scopolamine) aargh seasickness</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-26718338667037082732014-11-06T07:25:57.951-08:002014-11-06T07:25:57.951-08:00Good Morning, everyone!
Thanks to you, Remmij. Ve...Good Morning, everyone!<br /><br />Thanks to you, Remmij. Very interesting. I liked specially red color in FAA, brain, ET. <br /><br />When I was young, thought that airplanes pilots and soccer referees couldn't have vision problems. That was a myth too.<br /><br />About ET. In Mexico, <a href="https://twitter.com/jaimemaussan1" rel="nofollow">Jaime Mausan</a> and his <a href="http://www.tercermilenio.tv/" rel="nofollow">t3rcer Milenio</a> always have brought attention to this phenomeon. Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-43179257386220264772014-11-06T06:14:57.067-08:002014-11-06T06:14:57.067-08:00I woke up thinking about this challenge (eye patch...I woke up thinking about this challenge (eye patch). Not with an answer yet, but in awe that you were able to find or uncover a question with such recursive results. I spent time reading the discussion board on Snopes regarding it. I'm not pleased with either the Wall Street Journal answer or the Mythbusters. With the Mythbusters, it's a TV show and although it approaches things from a somewhat scientific method, I would not use any of their findings as the end all conclusions. <br /><br />The more questions I have come up after reading: <br />Why aren't more pirates shown with patches? Surely only 1 or 2 would not be the only ones heading into the darkness of the ship.<br />What are the effects of monocular vision and how would that negatively impact their job as a pirate? Depth perception, etc.?<br />https://nora.cc/for-patients-mainmenu-34/loss-of-one-eye-mainmenu-70.html<br /><br />So I'm off to find a way to break out of this and see if there is any other real evidence that pirates even did don eye patches. <br /><br />I hope you'll share how you came up with the challenge. krossbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877826327758153784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-85278584561389758622014-11-05T21:00:06.437-08:002014-11-05T21:00:06.437-08:00guess I'm driven by the images…
G??gle
Matt Cu...guess I'm driven by the images…<br /><a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/tech-myths/5-myths-about-google.htm" rel="nofollow">G??gle</a><br /><a href="http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2342245/4-SEO-Myths-Conspiracy-Theories-Googles-Matt-Cutts-Wants-to-Die" rel="nofollow">Matt Cutts</a><br /><a href="http://io9.com/5975778/scientific-evidence-that-you-probably-dont-have-free-will" rel="nofollow">like in life, I believe everything experienced on the internet - believe or don't believe, you have no choice…</a><br /><b>•Roswell</b><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/Gz0X3-qwF2M" rel="nofollow">i want to believe [mulder]</a><br /><a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/search/?search=Search&query=roswell" rel="nofollow">c2c/roswell</a><br /><a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/photo/view/roswell_alien_comparison_graphic/70036" rel="nofollow">alien</a><br /><a href="http://www.techtimes.com/articles/19013/20141030/former-area-51-scientist-claims-aliens-ufos-exist-shows-pictures-as-proof-video.htm" rel="nofollow">Bushman</a><br /><a href="http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4391" rel="nofollow">NCTF</a><br /><a href="http://www.skepticblog.org/2014/01/08/area-51-myth-and-reality/" rel="nofollow">Detachment 3, Air Force Flight Test Center</a><br /><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Y5q0k" rel="nofollow">somewhere in Lincoln County,NV</a><br /><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/3upVG" rel="nofollow">area 52, near Big Butte</a><br /><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/H9jLt" rel="nofollow">Yucca Lake</a><br /><a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/satellite-images-reveal-secret-nevada-uav-site-365721/" rel="nofollow">alien drone</a><br /><b>•one eyed pirates</b><br />good back and forth - touches many references - <br /><a href="http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=86177" rel="nofollow">snopes</a><br /><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/slideshow/pirates-golden-age" rel="nofollow">no patches</a><br /><a href="http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim/aim0801.html" rel="nofollow">FAA</a><br /><a href="http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim/" rel="nofollow">AIM/FAA</a><br /><b>•u2Bono>3EyedPrince</b><br /><a href="http://iamnotstevejobs.blogspot.com/2007/02/bono-is-class-act.html" rel="nofollow">one of my favorite Bono tales/Aston Martin - >¿-)I'm sure it's true, FS would never distort - ps - he had the glasses on yellow</a><br /><a href="http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/13-07-10/" rel="nofollow">reality distortion field</a><br /><a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/10/bono-reveals-the-real-reason-he-wears-sunglasses-all-the-time/" rel="nofollow">BonoVision</a><br /><a href="https://www.sunglassesshop.com/news/2009/bono-eyewear-exclusive.aspx" rel="nofollow"> glaucoma </a><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-difference/behind-sunglasses-bono-eyewear-explained-165303304.html" rel="nofollow">(2011)"</a><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/110780720" rel="nofollow">PRN</a><br /><a href="http://instagram.com/p/sOUgniIlLB/" rel="nofollow">audio</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/3RDEYEGIRL/status/522813364754710528/photo/1" rel="nofollow">in Frankfurt, Hesse</a><br /><a href="http://order.artofficialage.com/images/skull_headdress_500.png" rel="nofollow">P&3RDEYEGIRL</a><br />Ramón - thanks for the point - QI Quote of the Day<br /><i>“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?”</i><br />JOSEPH STALIN (1879-1953)<br />reminds me of all those missing cave paintings -<br /><a href="http://hoaxes.org/photo_database/image/the_commissar_vanishes" rel="nofollow">Nikolai Yezhov </a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-52285115749792198122014-11-05T18:08:59.710-08:002014-11-05T18:08:59.710-08:00Started looking for the pirate question and there ...Started looking for the pirate question and there was lots of results that referred back to the Mythbusters TV show on this topic so I'm going to come back to this one after going through the results more thoroughly. <br />Moving on to the issue of sunglasses as a treatment for glaucoma did a search for glaucoma sunglasses. The first result was from the Glaucoma Research Foundation and states: "Glaucoma can make eyes highly sensitive to light and glare, with some glaucoma medications exacerbating the problem even further.Sunglasses are an easy solution that makes life more comfortable when outdoors, while also providing critical protection from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays." I then did a second search "glaucoma treatment sunglasses" and one of the top results was from the Univ. of Maryland Medical Center- http://umm.edu/health/medical/reports/articles/glaucoma The article was pretty long so I used control F to look for the word sunglasses and found that this article also talked about the need for sunglasses when outside or in strong light and went on to say that the wearing of sunglasses would help alleviate the sensitivity to light caused by glaucoma and possibly worsened by the medications but that the use of sunglasses would help prevent cataracts. So Bono's statement that the sunglasses helped with his glaucoma is probably true as his eyes might have been made very sensitive to any light. I didn't find any articles that said glaucoma patients needed to wear sunglasses indoors but all the articles mentioned a sensitivity to light and in Bono's case his glaucoma and the possible amplifying effects of any medication he is taking for this condition makes his story very plausible. Debra Gottslebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08074610468240387547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-75620889007553119682014-11-05T13:43:17.867-08:002014-11-05T13:43:17.867-08:00More on pirates.
QI Pirates facts
Eye patches/pi...More on pirates.<br /><br /><a href="http://qi.com/infocloud/pirates" rel="nofollow">QI Pirates facts</a><br /><br /><a href="http://old.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=6956&start=0&sid=78015015e6b3f2791b95723e697b43cb" rel="nofollow">Eye patches/pirates</a> Fred, I just found this new link with talk forums about QI.Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-85327635686419608522014-11-05T13:12:09.206-08:002014-11-05T13:12:09.206-08:00Query [eye patch benefits vision myth or fact pira...Query [eye patch benefits vision myth or fact pirates]<br /><br />Second results http://mentalfloss.com/article/52493/why-did-pirates-wear-eye-patches<br /><br />Comments by Jim Sheedy, a doctor of vision science and director of the Vision Performance Institute at Oregon's Pacific University. And it links to Mythbusters 2007 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode71<br />Both suggest the idea of maintaining vision a dark environment was plausible. I verified that Jim Sheedy is at the Pacific University Oregon, Vision Performance Institute. Dr.Sheedy is connected <a href="http://pacificu.edu/about-us/news-events/pacific-university-news-april-5-11-2013" rel="nofollow">to the Pacific University News</a> and there is a link to his comments which also mentions the Wall Street Journal. So I need to see the original article to confirm what he said. <b>http://bit.ly/srs_5Nov14_wsjSheedy</b> He did say “Smart pirates "wore a patch over one eye to keep it dark-adapted outside.". Plausible yes.<br />Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-21604036025821524552014-11-05T12:46:57.596-08:002014-11-05T12:46:57.596-08:00My first line is missing Query [cause glaucoma] h...My first line is missing Query [cause glaucoma] <b>http://bit.ly/srs_5Nov14_Glaucoma</b> links to Mayo Clinic.<br /><br />I decided to search question two first because I felt I would find more information on ophthamology. Now I'll search question #1.<br />Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.com