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Wi-Fi Allergy a PR Stunt

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hope-he-made-his-buck dept.

ADiamond writes "There is no Wi-Fi allergy. The English DJ claiming a Wi-Fi sensitivity, chronicled earlier, was a PR stunt to promote his new album. It would appear that the stunt was highly successful, appearing in multiple high-profile media outlets like The Sun, The Telegraph, and Fox News. The article at Ars goes on to discuss the evidence, or lack-thereof, of electromagnetic spectrum sensitivity."

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  1. It's Times Like These ... by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... I wish downloading an artists album without paying actually did do the artist physical/economic harm. Here's to hoping that later in life he suffers from an actual ailment while everyone ignores him.

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  2. Oh, very fning funny by geekoid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now this story will linger as 'common knowledge' for years and rational people will have to cnstantly explain it was a PR stunt.

    Well done jackass, you've made the world a worse place.

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  3. Should be classified as fraud by syousef · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Misleading and deceiving people for notoriety and financial gain. How the fuck is this not fraud?

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  4. Re:Tried before with success.. by ivan_w · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Awww.. come on !

    The dihydrogen monoxide/hydric acid/hydrane stunt was just *brilliant* !

    --Ivan

  5. Re:would suck if someone somewhere was actually by sexconker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except they don't suffer from "this" affliction.
    If they can't pass a double blind test, then the affliction doesn't exist.