Do EnChroma Glasses "Work"?

EnChroma glasses are an internet sensation. By the time you see your 5th grandpa crying when they "see color for the first time", you must be pretty convinced that these things work. But do they? Let's take a [non-technical] dive into what is really going on when someone slips on these glasses for the first time. I will approach the technical side of the question in a future video. 00:00 Intro 2:02 Will they give you normal color vision? 3:40 Will they help you see color for the first time? 5:19 Will they help you see A color for the first time? 6:05 Will they help you get your dream job? 7:15 Will they help you pass a CVD test? 8:49 Will they help you drive? 9:56 Will they help you see the world as more colorful? 10:54 Will they help YOU? 14:09 Will they change your life? [1] EnChroma claims that for a “small sliver” of people, the glasses can make their color vision “normal”. I disagree. More on this in the next video. [2] EnChroma wants me to clarify that the glasses are not intended to help with dichromats, so them not affecting dichromats does not mean their glasses are “not strong enough”, which is true. [3] EnChroma still claims that they can make you see new colors, but after a long back-and-forth, we weren’t approaching an agreement. Luckily, this will not go unresolved, because this is exactly what my next EnChroma video is going to be discussing... strangely enough with most of my information coming from their own patents. [4] Again, EnChroma claims (and I’ve also seen) that some people can improve their scores on some CVD tests. I believe that is because not all of their lenses have a neutral-color filter, so they can still have a similar effect as those 25 cent filters, even if it is a secondary effect. [5] EnChroma claims these warnings are primarily for liability and that there should be no risk to wearing colors while driving as long as you are not trying them on for the first time while driving (or something equally as stupid). [6] EnChroma thinks I am out to lunch with this interpretation. Fair enough, I’m no psychologist.