XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 18/02/2026 5:37 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > On 02/17/2026 09:47 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   >> Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>> On 02/17/2026 03:49 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   >>>> You forgot about the everlasting tinfoil hats...   
   >>>   
   >>> These days they call it "EMF shielding". Or "off-grid".   
   >>   
   >> Yes, by stupid people.   
   >>   
   >> F'up2 sci.physics   
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   > Oh, it's well-known that exposure to high-intensity   
   > radio waves has observable and demonstrable physiological   
   > effects,   
      
   If you put your head in a microwave your brain will get cooked.   
   Some unfortunate radar technicians got bits of their brains warmed up   
   enough to do observable damage   
      
   > some have that for example the various post-natal   
   > development syndromes since the 90's are highly correlated   
   > to it ambiently, about a perceived reasoning for a   
   > "Clean, and Quiet, Air Act", where the "Clean Air Act"   
   > was a set of regulatory legislation that can definitely   
   > be related to improved outcomes (in health and life).   
      
   Bad statisticians are good at confusing correlation with causation.   
      
   > A simple "death ray" can be fabricated for about $15.   
      
   So what.   
      
   > The surface, as it may be, electromagnetic waves   
   > in the brain, are yet only that, and matters of   
   > resonance theory and as well the redundant sorts   
   > of aspects of the brain as electro-chemical soup,   
   > make that many usual accounts of electroencephalograms   
   > are about as advanced scientifically as "Scientologists'".   
      
   The brain has a lot of electro-chemical structure, but the electrical   
   activity is slow and the associated electromagnetic waves would have   
   enormous wavelengths.   
      
   If there are electromagnetic resonances inside the skull they'd be at   
   frequencies way above anything the nervous system could react to   
   electro-chemically, and the electrical resistance of electrically   
   conducting body fluids would damp them heavily.   
      
   Any suggestion that anything beyond warming up the tissues involved is   
   going on is a silly as scientology.   
      
   Electro-encephlograms are observed at the outside surface of the skull,   
   and don't resolve activity at the level of individual nerves. It's   
   rather like monitoring the activity in a city by looking at traffic   
   density on the motorways.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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