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Time to start making cute tinfoil hats for the crabs!

• amelius 5y ago
  Tinfoil does not block magnetism.
  • deleted 5y ago
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  • chiefalchemist 5y ago
    It's a cheeky reference to power grid cables on land having (negative) influence on the health of humans; and that being dismissed as "conspiracy theory." Regardless, at a more practical level, sea creatures can't wear hats, tinfoil or otherwise.
    • mschuster91 5y ago
      > It's a cheeky reference to power grid cables on land having (negative) influence on the health of humans; and that being dismissed as "conspiracy theory." The thing is, there is no scientifically validated evidence of that effect; also, there is no proof of humans being able to sense (electro-)magnetic fields.
      • kenniskrag 5y ago
        They can. If it is strong enough you can feel dizzy if you move the head. Heat and nerve stimulation is also possible according to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_of_magnetic_resonance_imaging https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_of_magnetic_resonance...
      • nashashmi 5y ago
        At a sufficiently intense fields, humans can detect them. Besides, for science you need to provide evidence for an affect to prove it exists. For people you need to provide the “negative” of evidence to prove it doesn’t exist. People and science are not the same.
      • amelius 5y ago
        > there is no proof of humans being able to sense (electro-)magnetic fields. The effect is widely used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulat...
      • jorvi 5y ago
        > there is no proof of humans being able to sense (electro-)magnetic fields. You can if you implant magnets in your fingertips. Not joking.
      • collegeburner 5y ago
        I guess you've never stood close enough to major distribution equipment. You can feel it quite a lot.
      • chiefalchemist 5y ago
        Correct, at least for whatever was measured in the those studies (i.e., perhaps not everything was measured and analyzed). And the parent comment didn't refernce humans. That said, this report / study does show evidence of electro magnetic influence on living organisms. So perhaps it's worth asking "Have we missed something in humans?" That's a legit question, especially in the context of science.
  • sitkack 5y ago
    They meant to say mumetal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu-metal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu-metal