Speedbird,
Blunt yes, uneducated no.
Although I am safely within the limits for my medical and a very happy contact lens user I would love to be able to do without them.
I am not an ophthamologist but have done probably more ophthamology during my training than most other GPs, and given my self-interest did pay some attention when this subject came up.
The Bates method was developed in the early part of the 19th century when a lot of anatomy and physiology had not been 'discovered'
As we now know some theories need revision when new information becomes available, just today I saw that Stephen H is revising his take on 'black holes'
There are some factions in life who think that 'medicine' can not accept anything which does not fit in with its conventions. Reality is that there is no evidence that the Bates method works nor that the principles on which it is based are correct.
FD