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The top end of the range they are quoting for the radio waves (30khz) is above the top of human hearing (20hz - 20khz), and besides the wavelength is far too lo
by lotsofmangos 12y ago
The top end of the range they are quoting for the radio waves (30khz) is above the top of human hearing (20hz - 20khz), and besides the wavelength is far too long (10000m), for any of your nerves to be acting as antennae. A centimeter, or millimeter scale wave might do something to a nerve, but a 10,000 meter one seems unlikely to.
- mbell 12y agoI find it highly unlikely too, but I think your math is a bit off. You don't need to excite a single nerve, but the entire system. I don't know anything about physiology, but I wouldn't be surprised to be told that there are 10km worth of electrically interconnected 'wires' in our body. If there are, then it wouldn't be outrageous to hypothesis that it could 'pick up' EM radiation at such frequencies. Whether it's enough to matter, I highly doubt, but it doesn't seem completely out of the ballpark.