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I'm sorry but this anecdote sets off my BS detector very hard.
by yau8edq12i 2y ago
I'm sorry but this anecdote sets off my BS detector very hard.
- kragen 2y agoit's probably real but not thoroughly proven: https://www.straightdope.com/21341818/is-it-possible-to-hear-radio-broadcasts-through-your-teeth https://www.straightdope.com/21341818/is-it-possible-to-hear...
- yau8edq12i 2y agoHow on Earth did you arrive at the conclusion "probably real" from that link?
- kragen 2y agoby reading the conclusions contained in the article it links to
- yau8edq12i 2y agoThat conclusion? > Whatever the case may be, the available evidence behind this tale appears to be purely anecdotal and not verifiable at this point.
- kragen 2y agono, the others
- yau8edq12i 2y agoI literally quoted the conclusion of the linked snopes article.
- kragen 2y agothe article i linked to wasn't by snopes or on her web site; it was a 'straight dope' column from the chicago reader
- whimsicalism 2y agofunny how all of these cases predate the existence of recording devices, probably because people don’t get dental work anymore
- kragen 2y agoplausibly people don't have many such high-powered am transmitters around any more, but also much less dental work is metal now, and the metal is of more consistent quality, so less chance of oxidizing into one of the numerous metal oxide semiconductors in your mouth. it seems to have been a pretty infrequent phenomenon even at the time, one in tens of millions