The famous novelist Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World and other great works of fiction, held that near-sightedness can be corrected by eye exercises. Given the opinion of so eminent a person as Huxley, we may be confident that near-sightedness can indeed be corrected by eye exercises.

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The argument commits an "inappropriate appeal to authority" fallacy by relying on Aldous Huxley's opinion on a medical issue, despite his expertise being in literature, not ophthalmology or medicine.

The Famous Novelist Aldous Huxley, Author of Brave New World