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Old 06-24-2008, 12:46 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by DarthTedious View Post
It has made me wonder though, the same people who want to use electromagnets to heal you are the ones who say that the electromagnetic field generated by your cell phone is going to give you a brain tumor the size of a Volkswagen.
Yeah, I know how such things can be helpful or harmful depending on how you use them, (good radiation like how they find tumors and gave Spider-Man his powers vs the bad kind, the kidney-losing kind and all) but they seem unable to actually prove either with magnets. Doesn't seem to stop them from selling all kinds of idiocy to people though.
People often forget that cell phones have been around for nearing 30 years now, and we're yet to actually see a sizable increase in tumors.

Also, my favorite bit is they tell you your brain, protected by your skull, is at danger, and then tell you to wear a headset and place your phone near your unprotected BALLS.

But yeah, radiation can be dangerous, but people tend to not look at comparable power requirements and the like. Cell Phones actually don't have the power to penetrate skin. If they did, your babymakers would be a worse place than your head, because the antenna's aimed at your skull. There's a reason they make you wear lead aprons to cover your crotch and chest, but not your skull.

Electromagnetic fields, similarly, can be either beneficial or harmful. Of course, the magnets they use in magnet therapy aren't strong enough to have any real reaction in the fashion they promise.

So yeah, Shenanigans. The real question is whether they know it's a crock or if they actually believe it.

For example, Columbus knew the world was "round," Because most people did. But he did his own math, math which demonstrated that the world was about half the size the Greeks had claimed it to be, and so was convinced he could sail around the world feasibly. He was also a con artist, which is how he finally persuaded finance, but he believed he could circumnavigate the Globe based on shitty math that pretty much anyone else knew was incorrect.

(Insert 9-11 joke here)

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Originally Posted by br0ken View Post
he's genetics make him heal faster?
Third Gen superstars heal faster. Even if their parents suck.
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