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Argue with a single one of them. Quote me on something I said that is wrong.

eptcyka 4y ago
> So wifi is the same kind of radiation as a microwave, just less of it. But a mutation can be caused by a single photon in the right place at the right time. Like protein folding, that is so so so sensitive we have no idea how sensitive that is. If you're worried about single photons causing cancer, you must live in a cave deep underground. The electromagnetic radiation that a WiFi antenna puts out is nowhere near the power of a microwave, and even still, microwave radiation doesn't put out photons. And it's true, at a high enough power, it will can cause damage, by cooking you. Not by inducing cancer. In the 60s, experiments were done where mice and other small rodents would be frozen in a non-destructive way and subsequently reheated using a microwave. If I recall correctly, the rodents in question never experienced any complications and lived enough to fulfill their average life expectancy. Further, the energy involved when using microwaves for communications are just orders of magnitude smaller and dispersed over a far larger area than what is used for heating food. Similar to how one can use large loudspeakers to disperse relatively low amounts mechanical energy over large distances in a safe manner, but if one was to build a small box with a large moving membrane and use about a 100x more energy to move it back and forth, it would almost certainly be lethal to put your head in the box. But the lethality of this pressure chamber does not imply the lethality of all speakers in existence, even if they rely on the same physical phenomena for their operation. The same goes for using microwaves for different purposes. There are no other points in your comment, just a disjoint narrative around your and a 3rd party's experience.
- daniel-cussen 4y ago
  microwave radiation doesn't put out photons. Stopped reading right there. That's exactly what it does.

> So wifi is the same kind of radiation as a microwave, just less of it. But a mutation can be caused by a single photon in the right place at the right time. Like protein folding, that is so so so sensitive we have no idea how sensitive that is. If you're worried about single photons causing cancer, you must live in a cave deep underground. The electromagnetic radiation that a WiFi antenna puts out is nowhere near the power of a microwave, and even still, microwave radiation doesn't put out photons. And it's true, at a high enough power, it will can cause damage, by cooking you. Not by inducing cancer. In the 60s, experiments were done where mice and other small rodents would be frozen in a non-destructive way and subsequently reheated using a microwave. If I recall correctly, the rodents in question never experienced any complications and lived enough to fulfill their average life expectancy. Further, the energy involved when using microwaves for communications are just orders of magnitude smaller and dispersed over a far larger area than what is used for heating food. Similar to how one can use large loudspeakers to disperse relatively low amounts mechanical energy over large distances in a safe manner, but if one was to build a small box with a large moving membrane and use about a 100x more energy to move it back and forth, it would almost certainly be lethal to put your head in the box. But the lethality of this pressure chamber does not imply the lethality of all speakers in existence, even if they rely on the same physical phenomena for their operation. The same goes for using microwaves for different purposes. There are no other points in your comment, just a disjoint narrative around your and a 3rd party's experience.

daniel-cussen 4y ago
microwave radiation doesn't put out photons. Stopped reading right there. That's exactly what it does.