Does 3D really hurt children's eyes?

[Mr Puggsly]

Hedra42 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Science of the 19th century or early 1900s isn't what it's today. They also probably died too soon to really see the results of smoking, life expectancy was much shorter back then.

Also, the affects of smoking are pretty obvious. Especially those smoking multiple packs a day.

Bolded: lol, if they died too soon to see the results of smoking, there wouldn't have been the explosion of lung cancer cases to make the link with.

The effects of smoking are pretty obvious to us today only because we've been made aware of the scientific proof. It wasn't obvious to people living in the early 20th century because longer term effects are more difficult to see. In fact they were being told that smoking was okay. Smokers of Camel cigarettes were advised that a cigarette between each course of a meal 'aided digestion'. Doctors even smoked in front of their patients.

So, just because we've seen no immediate adverse effects yet on young kids who have been playing the 3DS with the 3D slider up, doesn't mean there won't be any long term impact. Optometrists and eye doctors have warned there could be risks to the development of vision in younger children, and until there is scientific proof either way, it's common sense to acknowledge that warning. That's not BS, that's sensible caution.

Nintendo will most likely - and quite rightly - continue to warn against young children using the 3D feature unless there's scientific proof that 3D simulation does no harm to young kids' visual development.

That's fair, a lot of people were having health issues already. But with people living longer, smoking loner, the affects are more evident. And again, science of that time was a lot different than now. They do a better job at figuring out what's killing/damaging people these days.

Virtually everything has a warning now. Not because they're a real danger but to avoid getting sued. If Nintendo was genuinely concenred 3D was destroying eyes the 3DS wouldn't exist.