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[Numsgil]

I'm slow to change what I think is true/untrue.  If someone could show me an overwhelming amount of evidence that magnetic fields alter the brain/body, I'd believe it.

In the mean time, I still say it's Horse Hooey.

[Griz]

its not a fact, but it see, to happen all the time, but who cares. and griz ure im begging you stop wrting like that, it hurts the eyes. AAAAH M Y EYES!!!

not gonna happen dude ...
you'll have to deal with is. ;)

[Griz]

I'm slow to change what I think is true/untrue.  If someone could show me an overwhelming amount of evidence that magnetic fields alter the brain/body, I'd believe it.

In the mean time, I still say it's Horse Hooey.

understood ...
and it may very well be.
I'm only saying that the more certain one is of their 'beliefs' ...
the more preconceptions/assumptions one entertains ...
[be it in science or life in general]
the less open one will be to new possibilities ...
and the more one will miss/overlook.
that's just how it works.
there are many examples in science and the models we
considered to be absolutely 'true' at one time.

so I find it best to not call anything Horse Hooey ...'
and also to not take anything as gospel ...
to maintain a healthy skepticism ...
while remaining open to new possibilities.
it's a matter of finding a good balance.

as an aside ...
good scientific inquiry should consider 'Ockam's Razor' as well ...
the idea that if one is confronted with a choice of two equally valid
alternatives, to take the simpler' ... the reason being that humans
are prone to error ... and by taking the simpler alternative ...
one also reduces the chance of compounding errors ...
iow ...  between two theories that can explain the same phenomena,
the theory with the fewest assumptions is to be preferred.

but hey ...
almost any inquiry is  good and leads to something. ;)

[Numsgil]

I tend to be open to most things, but the magnetism things reminds me too much of the cancer scare a few years ago from the magnetic fields of cell phones...

I just can't take it seriously.   :P

[Zelos]

it doesnt alter the brain, it stimulate it so it is able to repair it self better than it should if it werent stimulated.

[Old Henk]

I've googled around a bit and it appears we humans can take quite a lot of magnetics.
Effects appear when people are around 4T coils. That's a lot, considering the Earth's magnetic field is 3.1×10-5 T strong (at the equator)


Source
Another source

Henk :)

[Zelos]

a tesla is indead a huge unit. but still there exist magnetets more powerful than that´in the universe.
like magnetars. they can have a magnetic field of 10 gigateslas. that us HUGE. its strong enough to wipe out a credit card half the way between earth/moon.

But yeah we can take alot of magnetism. Basacly cause the amount of electricity in the body aint that great. So it doesnt create alot of magnetic fields. But the brain is stimulated, thats different.

And nums, I dont tell things I havent read about.

[Griz]

and remember ...
we evloved IN this environment ...
magnetic fields, cosmic radiation and all.
for all we know ... outside of it, we may not function well or long. ;)

zelos ...
I see you were able to upload a couple of pics to the new wiki.
but it appears the upload page is not activated.
how did you do so? can you let Nums/us know? ...
as he was asking.
see http://www.darwinbots.com/WikiManual/index...lk:Introduction

tanks