[Technology] Electrosensitivity - Real or Not?

[Leighgull]

My wife has a electrosensitive device under the bed.
I would never put THAT to my ear and turn it on.

What about up your council?

 

[Questions]

What about up your council?

Don’t talk with them since Discretionary reductions.

 

[schmunk]

Sounds a bit like my thing, whereby people who cross me come to a sticky end without my lifting a finger.

You can get creams to help with that these days.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Maybe a placebo thing, but I definitely feel I have slept better and wake more refreshed since turning off my wi-fi router and turning on airplane mode on my mobile at night. A few people I've mentioned it to have said the same. The (perhaps cod)-science goes along the lines of the frequencies of such signals interfering with the brain's electromagnetism when entering sleep phases in particular. Some hardcore believers have 'insulated' their bedrooms from other's wi-fi penetration by using aluminium in their walls, floors and ceilings. I too tested what other wi-fi signals were pumping through my bedroom and at least 5 full signals came up, so I am self-skeptical, but maybe just having one less, the nearest one, has made a difference (along with the mobile phone thing).

Fair enough. If you believe it makes a difference you’re not hurting anyone else. I think you’re mistaken but I don’t know enough about it to tell you why.

First world problems eh.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Completely out after flickering and about 3-5m away

That's so cool. Wish I had a superpower.

 

[Hungry Joe]

First world problems eh.

Indeed. I dread to think how we'll cope with the impending avocado shortage.

 

[Blue3]

Indeed. I dread to think how we'll cope with the impending avocado shortage.

Also Almonds are going to be in short supply once all the Bees are dead

 

[Blue3]

Having worked in around hospitals for nearly 40 years maintaining and repairing a vast array of electrical and electronic equipment it's interesting how seriously the medical world took mobile phone technology and its potential to interfere and possible disruption to medical equipment, that a total ban was in place relating to the use of mobile near to critical equipment within all NHS sites, this was as far as I know with out the slightest bit of evidence I guess it was an early example of fake news maybe the Russians were trying it out along, with the Millennium Bug.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Completely out after flickering and about 3-5m away

Have you thought about monetising that? I’m serious. There’s got to be at least £10k in it for you from a red top.

 

[Barham's tash]

Have you thought about monetising that? I’m serious. There’s got to be at least £10k in it for you from a red top.

Lolz.

No I haven’t. Not much of a story is it?!

Also it’s a known phenomenon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference_phenomenon

For the record I do not think it’s psychic power but my increased static properties in other situations do make me think my body produces more electrostatic discharge than it should so maybe it’s that.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Lolz.

No I haven’t. Not much of a story is it?!

Also it’s a known phenomenon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference_phenomenon

For the record I do not think it’s psychic power but my increased static properties in other situations do make me think my body produces more electrostatic discharge than it should so maybe it’s that.

I didn’t know it was a known thing, but reading the wiki page, it says that it’s never been proven in a scientific experiment. There’s also lots of stuff about it being guff.

Given you don’t claim to be able to do it with all street lights, and don’t claim that you’re psychic, I’d have thought there would be some scientific interest at least (if not moolah) in demonstrating the effect on the three lights it happens with?

Even if not, as party tricks go, it’s better than my shit smoke rings.