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The book goes on to describe several amazing feats pulled off by the use
of light on mammals, including the author's own arthritis going into 
remission once he started spending a significant amount of time outdoors
every day.  He talks of friends who have likewise felt better after going
through the same regimen.  All of this makes me a little skeptical.  Well,
more than a little skeptical.  The topper came when he claimed that the
type of light used in one woman's chinchilla farm helped determine the 
gender of the litters - even when the new lighting had been installed
1/3 to 1/2 of the way through the gestation period.  So now I'm highly
skeptical.

I hate to say this about any book, but I've given up on it and I've stopped
reading it.  I got bogged down in his puzzled accounts of his attempts to 
get the scientific community to look into his discoveries, and his repeated
rejections when he applied for grants.  Of course, during this time he 
constructed no actual experiments to show what he wanted to prove.  All of
his evidence is anecdotal.  The author strikes me as a tinkerer who doesn't
really care about all that stuff about scientific method.  He has no degree
in science (he was given an honorary B.S. by some college), and he didn't 
seem to be terribly interested in learning enough science to answer his
questions.  But still, there are questions.  There is mention later on of
things like electronics companies recalling TV sets and a Congressional
investigation that he calls "the case of the tired children".

So my question is this.   Is there any validity at all to this guy's
assertions about the effect of light on mammals or even plants?  Has any
work been done in this vein?  I'm interested in finding out, but I just 
can't read this book any longer.  This book doesn't tell me anything, and
I just get frustrated by this guy's attitude.

Thanks for any replies,



maura

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