Verum writes: Does it matter which side of the fence you’re on?

When we hear and read discussions regarding the optical industry, it would be easy to believe there is not one, but two completely different styles of practice; multiple and independent.

Depending on which sector the proponent of the discussion works in, the ‘other side’ is portrayed in a negative light. This happens both ways, although my perception is that there is a stronger critical voice of their counterpart from the independent sector. However, these apocryphal tales are often based on one example someone has seen or heard about and has attributed this to the whole of that sector. There

is an echo of the term we now see frequently quoted; factoid. Meaning an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.