{"id":48301,"date":"2026-05-01T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ub-blog.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/?p=48301"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:54:13","slug":"gastautor-univ-prof-dr-med-peter-heilig-bixonimania-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/?p=48301","title":{"rendered":"Gastautor Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Peter Heilig: BIXONIMANIA & CO"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIXONIMANIA & CO
\n<\/strong>Autor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Peter Heilig<\/p>\n

\u201cBixonimania is a condition caused by excessive exposure to blue light“.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sir Karl Popper
\n<\/strong>(m\u00f6glicherweise in statu perplexitatis)<\/p>\n

\u201cBeware of false knowledge. It is more dangerous than ignorance“.
\n<\/em>(George Bernard Shaw)<\/p>\n

\u201cBixonimania is a condition caused by excessive exposure to blue light<\/em>\u201d which promts ‚patients‘ to visit an ophthalmologist.
\nPerplexity’s AI answer engine outlined its prevalence on April 27, 2024. However, this fake disease was invented by scientists, but Perplexity told people it was real [1]. Moreover, fake papers on Bixonimania were cited in peer-reviewed literature.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Der Begriff erinnert an Loriots Steinlaus<\/strong><\/em> [2] oder an das \u201ePhoto-Oculodynia-Syndrom<\/em><\/strong>\u201c<\/em> (ICD 11: „not found<\/em>\u201c). Suchmaschinen bleiben die Antwort schuldig. Sie informieren \u00fcber „Regionale Sympatholysis\u201c <\/em>und „Botulinum-Toxin-Behandlungen“<\/em> bis zu „Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Anticonvulsants, and CGRP Inhibitors\u201c<\/em>.
\nImmerhin wird auch „avoiding intense light“ erw\u00e4hnt, ein geradezu prophetisch\/prophylaktischer Schlusssatz, vorausgesetzt man n\u00e4hme – vorausschauend – eine kleine Korrektur vor: „preventing intense light\u201c<\/em> [3].<\/p>\n

\u201e… Perplexity ist eine Alternative zu konventionellen Suchmaschinen und bietet mit KI-Integration viel mehr M\u00f6glichkeiten und oft bessere Antworten\u201c <\/em>(Perplexity.ai – Die beste KI-Suchmaschine [4]).
\nNa dann …<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

perplexity: <\/strong>\u201cstate of being confused or bewildered\u201c
\n(Merriam Webster Cambridge Dictionary)<\/p>\n

Perplexit\u00e4t: <\/strong>ratloses und verwirrtes Verhalten, Konfusion,
\nWiderspr\u00fcchlichkeit (Jurisprudenz)<\/p>\n

Epilog:
\n<\/strong>Autokorrektur-Hoppala (?);\u00a0 vielleicht war etwa \u201eKomplexit\u00e4t\u201c <\/em>gemeint.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Literatur:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Stokel-Walker C (2026): Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real.
\nNature News Feature, 7. April 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Dailymotion (2015): Loriots Steinlaus
\n<\/strong><\/em>https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x2mc4e7<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Heilig P (2023): LICHTEMPFINDLICHKEIT \u2013 Photophobie
\nhttps:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/?p=42279<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Meixner T, Ruof J (2024): Perplexity.ai \u2013 Die beste KI-Suchmaschine.
\nhttps:\/\/digitaleprofis.de\/kuenstliche-intelligenz\/ki-tools\/perplexity-mehr-als-eine-ki-suchmaschine\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Gender: beyond
\nInterest: no conflict
\nAI\/KI- free wording (exc. citations)<\/p>\n

_________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interessenkonflikt:
\nDer Autor erkl\u00e4rt, dass bei der Erstellung
\ndes Beitrags kein Interessen \u2013
\nkonflikt im Sinne der Empfehlung des
\nInternational Committee of Medical
\nJournal Editors bestand.<\/p>\n

Gastautor:
\nKorrespondenzadresse:
\nUniv.-Prof. Dr. med. Peter Heilig
\nAugenheilkunde und Optometrie
\npeter.heilig@meduniwien.ac.at
\n_________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BIXONIMANIA & CO Autor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Peter Heilig \u201cBixonimania is a condition caused by excessive exposure to blue light“. Sir Karl Popper (m\u00f6glicherweise in statu perplexitatis) \u201cBeware of false knowledge. It is more dangerous than ignorance“. (George Bernard Shaw) \u201cBixonimania is a condition caused by excessive exposure to blue light\u201d which promts ‚patients‘ to … Gastautor Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Peter Heilig: BIXONIMANIA & CO<\/span> weiterlesen →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,33,2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemeines","category-gastbeitrage","category-news","category-news1"],"views":27,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48301"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49302,"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48301\/revisions\/49302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ub.meduniwien.ac.at\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}