Re:Why tech’s favorite color is making us all miserable (2018)
by ravedave5 on Monday February 04, 2019 @09:56AM
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Last I heard there isn't strong scientific proof blue light is bad for you. I mean if you go outside at night the moon looks awfully close in color to a phone screen...
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Re:Why tech’s favorite color is making us all miserable (2018)
by scrumper on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:02PM
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Affects circadian rhythms, damages retinas: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734149/
Evening use of LED screens alters circadian rhythms and has a detrimental effect on cognitive performance: https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.001...
You can find more. Wikipedia has 40 citations here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_blue_light_technolo...
Your counterpoint is irrelevant. Non-artificiality isn't a guarantee of benefit: if you go outside in the daytime and look at the sun you'll go blind.