I might be inclined to agree had it not been for this particular Planet X devotee deliberately broadcasting to people in a public arena (catering to believers) that they could "see it" by employing the unsafe procedure described above. Granted, it shouldn't require a Ph.D to determine that staring at a -26 mag star isn't healthy for one's eyes, and it's a shame that the woman did so -- but that was the result of irrational beliefs in a doomsday scenario which had no basis in objective reality.