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I introduced the ideas in the thread "Physics Cinemas" to my classes. They
extended it to Bad Physics in ads. One student brought in the following from a
catalog called "Lifestyle Fascination:"

Designed to protect you from EMF radiation, it is said that this remarkable
pendant also "tunes" you to Earth's magnetic forces!" "...I havenoted profound
increases in overall energetic vitality..." Dr. Scott Morgan, O.M.D.

Developed by a physicist, specialzing in the measurement of electromagnetic
forces, the pendant works as a form of grounding device for the more and more
pervasive fields surrounding our computers, TV's and powerlines. But other
effects have been observed. B. Carter,..., is a professional photographer who
has photographic plates showing energy flares emitting from the pendant, others
claim relief from physical disorders and remarkable sense of renewed energy.
The pendant is a tiny energy rod made of magnetic alloys. Under its silver cap
a rare Takionic Energy Bean is mounted. The Takionic crystal, developed by
Japanese scientists, is tuned to the "Schumann Resonance" (7.83 c/s) sometimes
called the "brain wave of the planet."   Cost...$99.95

Accompanying the ad is a sketch of a human figure w/"Tachyon energy" radiating
from it, "earth energy" entering through it's feet and "incoherent energy"
channeled to earth.

Everything else in this catalog is fairly honest but this one is bizarre. Maybe
I was asleep during a lecture but does the "Schumann Resonance" exist anywhere
other than in the "new age" physics?

Also any other "bad physics ads?"

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Ray Rogoway
Independence High School
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