"This Psora is the sole true and fundamental cause that produces all the other countless forms of disease, which, under the names of nervous debility, hysteria, hypochondriasis, insanity, melancholy, idiocy, madness, epilepsy, and spasms of all kinds, softening of the bones, or rickets, scoliosis and cyphosis, caries, cancer, fungus haematodes, gout -- yellow jaundice and cyanosis, dropsy -- gastralgia, epistaxis, haemoptysis -- asthma and suppuration of the lungs -- megrim, deafness, cataract and amaurosis -- paralysis, loss of sense, pains of every kind, etc., appear in our pathology as so many peculiar, distinct, and independent diseases."
Rummel, ..., speaks of curing a case of jaundice in thirty-four days by Homoeopathic doses of pulsatilla, aconite, and cinchona. I happened to have a case in my own household, a few weeks since, which lasted about ten days, and this was longer than I have repeatedly seen it in hospital practice, so that it was nothing to boast of.
Aber auch Holmes weiss, dass alle Experimente, Studien und Bemühungen keine Erfolg haben werden, wie die Astrologie oder andere Religionen bedient Homöopathie tiefverwurzelte menschliche Bedürfnisse. Man muss damit leben, bzw. in diesem Falle: Sterben.
Orac beginnt übrigens mit einem Zitat:
Do you think I don't understand the hydrostatic paradox of controversy? If you had a bent tube, one arm of which was the size of a pipe-stem and the other big enough to hold the ocean, water would stand at the same height in one as in the other. Thus discussion equalizes fools and wise men in the same way, and the fools know it.
Dem ist nicht hinzuzufügen.
“However, an ask.men article states that it is not uncommon for men to leg press over 2000 pounds, with some men going over 3000 pounds (1363 kg) using a limited-range of motion. Many teenagers are capable of 1000+ pounds also.”
OK, dies trifft keine Aussage über untrainierte Leute. Aber siehe da, die Übung, die bei Primavera vor Publikum abgezogen wurde, entspricht ganz genau dieser:
First WorkoutPerform your normal warm-up. Sit in the leg press machine, press the empty sled to the top position and lock the safety stops in place. Load twice the weight you normally use. That's right, if you normally do full range leg presses with 350 pounds, load 700 pounds. Sit in the press and place your feet about shoulder-width apart on the sled. Important: Do not remove the safety stops at any time during this exercise. Press the sled up to just below your locked out position and then lower it to just above the stops. If you can do more than 20 reps you need to add more weight. Don't be surprised if you can do triple what you normally do.
Wohlgemerkt, dies ist der First Workout, und der soll nur 3-4mal im ersten Monat gemacht werden, später sogar nur einmal. Also ist es ganz normal, solche Gewichte zu stemmen, zumal man ja auch berücksichtigen muss, dass die Opfer von Stifter ein paar mal üben werden. (Und komme mir keiner mit der These, alle Beinpresser hätten den spirituellen BrückenschlagmitdemTranszendenten gemacht! BS!).
Hier wird also eine ganz normale Leistung eines Menschen als Resultat besonderer mentaler Schulung dargestellt, um teure Seminare und Workshops zu verkaufen. Wie sagte „Vera“ doch am Ende des Beitrags so treffend: „Unglaublich“. Leider ist unglaublich, dass es so viele Menschen gibt, die darauf hineinfallen, incl. Vera.
Ach was, was rede ich denn. Ist nicht unglaublich. Normal. Barnum.
Man kann es wirklich nicht oft genug sagen.cellphones and androntech
What do these guys do?
According to them, they "distributes the Shield Me TM Electro-Magnetic Field 'earthing' card designed to safeguard cell phone users from the electro-magnetic field of their cell phones". According to me, they sell you useless cardboard cutouts for $45 each. Through my local chemist, no less. Here are some claims they make, and my take on them.
"The card has been independently tested..."
The independent testing comprises Kirlian photography and session with an electroacupuncture machine using one subject. Even if the photography or electroacupuncture machines were not bullshit (they are, and we could have a separate and entertaining post on the history of bogus medical machinery), the experiment is not double blind, and has a sample of one. A properly designed experiment would comprise multiple trials, would conceal from the operator of the equipment whether the cellphone was equipped with an Andron Shield Me card or not, would conceal whether the phone was on or not, and would use multiple subjects. Furthermore, since the claim is that the card reduces EMF from the phone, a more appropriate test would be to use an standard meter for radio waves (such as an RF strength meter) (or something to measure magnetic fields, like a Gauss meter) on the cellphone itself. Position the meter next to the phone, and measure the signal with and without the card. I wonder why they didn't do that?"and has been developed by a leading scientist and international health practitioner."
The inventor is not a scientist. The inventor has a bachelor's degree in science and a degree in naturopathy. I note that an earlier version of the website listed Mr Corcoran's qualifications, but they have been removed. Judging by Google results he also has published some interesting pseudoscience, eg a new theory of a light and gravity, which alas has not met with the approbation of actual physicists.
"the Shield MeTM card's matrix is specifically programmed to earth the electro-magnetic field of a cell phone in the cell phone so that it does not earth itself through the head and body."You cannot use an isolated cardboard sheet to earth microwaves. Nor can you program it. Note that when I viewed their site several weeks ago, it stated that the card was a "programmed cellulose matrix", which is why I refer to it as "cardboard". I note they have since removed the word "cellulose". However, they still advise not getting it wet or exposing it to extreme heat, which seems wise and is perhaps the only really truthful statement about the product.
This disgusts me.
First, most punters don't have enough basic science to tell that this is bullshit, and these guys are taking advantage. Second, my chemist, who is allegedly a health professional with a university degree in pharmacy, has the gall to sell this as a remedy. I am aware that chemists sell a lot of things that don't work because the public demand them, but $45 pieces of cardboard seem particularly outrageous.
Third, it seems as though actual science in NZ is going down the toilet, so this is especially depressing. Folks, if you want an equally effective system to protect yourself from your cellphone, I suggest you print out this post, fold it up and wedge it inside your phone. It will work just as well. You can send me $45 if you like too.
