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Doesn’t this fall under the same category as electro-allergy? Weak EM field causing sensory effects in people’s brains.
From what I undestand the keyword arguments against it are “non-ionizing radiation” and “nocebo effect”.
From what I undestand the keyword arguments against it are “non-ionizing radiation” and “nocebo effect”.
If you propose such weak EM fields have effects, then design an experiment to show it and disprove alternative explanations, including null result, tampering, faulty execution of double blinding etc.
Good luck. You're going to need it.
Good luck. You're going to need it.
Was that directed at me? I meant that this will be as hard to prove as electro-alergy.
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With a bluetooth connection and a nice soft diffuse texture, I could sell lots of these in Cali for 1k a piece. With some Chopra co-branding, 2k.
You forgot the crystals.
huh. hadn’t thought about this since 2007: https://slashdot.org/thread/20895057
i remember those comments as being relatively sane.
i remember those comments as being relatively sane.
One wonders just how this will proceed once it gets out of the 'junk science' phase of cargo-cultism, and becomes some kind of valid means of investigating the spiritual realm posited by various and sundry new-age religions. The especially jarring statement that participants could perceive 'angels', or 'groups of beings in clusters' is highly alarming in the context of some of the more controversial religions which aim to enlighten their followers on the negative effects such things can have on ones life ..
>One wonders just how this will proceed once it gets out of the 'junk science' phase of cargo-cultism...
Given the failures to reproduce the results, it's not clear there is actually anything there to proceed with. I wouldn't be surprised if electrical stimulation could produce effects like this, but it's not at all been established that they actually can.
Given the failures to reproduce the results, it's not clear there is actually anything there to proceed with. I wouldn't be surprised if electrical stimulation could produce effects like this, but it's not at all been established that they actually can.
If you can cram enough electrodes in the brain, you can probably produce any effect you'd like, but that becomes more of a Descarte's demon/brain-in-a-vat scenario.
However, he should at least be credited for producing research that invited the test of replication, rather than evading it, even though attempts to replicate his findings have failed to date.