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Building a Better Tin Foil Hat
An anonymous reader writes "Now you can wear a Tin Foil Hat and not be subject to ridicule or discomfort." From the article: "This hat -- made from cotten fiber, silver and copper -- will help reduce your brain's exposure to EMF. LessEMF also sells shirts and cell phone covers to accomplish the same thing."
Do they do one in Burberry?
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Don't be silly. Everyone knows the people who did this study were government operatives, to reduce the use of tinfoil hats, so their mind control satelites could get to us.
Don't succumb. Keep wearing it.
They are selling something called a 'Schumann resonator'. Schumann resonance is an extremely low frequency (2-20Hz) standing wave pattern observable in the ionosphere. What is amazing about these waves is that they are key to our survival. Much like how oxygen is required to breathe, Schumann resonance is required for life (or at least inasmuch as something like Vitamin D is required). We evolved with these resonances, so we are evolutionarily attuned to them, whether we know it or not.
Modern society bombards us with very high frequency electromagnetic waves that drown out the natural environmental electromagnetic waves that we are evolutionarily accustommed to. Therefore, our health at times will suffer due to a lack of these natural ELF electromagnetic signals.
To counter that, it is possible to buy a Shumann resonator which plugs into a wall socket and broadcasts in the Schumann frequency range. It helps by balancing out the daily hazardous bombardment of modern EM fields with healthy and wholesome natural ELF fields. You can experience better health and more vigor just by having these near you (and turned on!) for several hours each day.
I can believe that someone would be duped by that kind of logical pseudoscience. It all sounds credible to someone prone to neophobia.
Covering your cell phone is definitely important. If it were exposed to RF, it could accidentally function.
If I can't see the shiny foil, how do I know it works?
How do I know this thing won't insert a tiny cat whisker lead into my scalp, sending my thoughts out and putting their thoughts in?
No thanks. I'll stick to homemade. It makes a nice family craft; I'm thinking of doing it as a Cub Scout activity with my son.
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