We don't want nut cases like him living here. We have enough of our own to deal with.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > well he could move to the National Radio Quiet Zone just down the road from > you: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Radio_Quiet_Zone > > although frankly I suspect that, like some on this list, it would be > easier for him to wear a portable Faraday Cage, aka tinfoil hat. > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The electromagnetic waves from his neighbor are bothering him, but not >> the electromagnetic waves from the sun (and other celestial bodies) >> that we are bombarded with each day. >> >> I call bullshit. :D >> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Got to wonder about some people. I don't think this guy needs a doctor >>> or an injunction, he needs a psychotherapist. >>> >>> http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/12/wi-fi-allergies-leave-man-homeless/ >>> >>> Wi-Fi 'allergies' leave man homeless >>> Posted: 11:31 AM ET >>> >>> The Santa Fe New Mexican reports a man claiming to suffer from >>> electromagnetic sensitivity is suing his neighbor for refusing to >>> disconnect her electronic devices. >>> >>> Santa Fe, New Mexico resident Arthur Firstenberg claims that his >>> neighbor Raphaela Monribot's use of electronic devices such as cell >>> phones, computers, compact fluorescent lights and dimmer rheostats is >>> aggravating his "electromagnetic sensitivity" and causing him to get >>> sick. >>> >>> "Within a day of [Monribot] moving in, I began to feel sick when I was >>> in my house," Firstenberg writes in his affidavit. "The electric meter >>> for my house is mounted on [Monribot's] house. Electromagnetic fields >>> emitted in [Monribot's] house are transmitted by wire directly into my >>> house." >>> >>> A request for preliminary injunction claims Fristenberg's condition >>> has left him homeless. Fristenberg "cannot stay in a hotel, because >>> hotels and motels all employ wi-fi connections, which trigger a severe >>> illness. If [Firstenberg] cannot obtain preliminary relief, he will be >>> forced to continue to sleep in his car, enduring winter cold and >>> discomfort, until this case can be heard." >>> >>> The Santa Fe New Mexican notes "Firstenberg's motion is accompanied by >>> dozens of notes from doctors, some dating back more than a decade, >>> about his sensitivities." >>> >>> However, scientific studies such as this 2005 trial at the Psychiatric >>> University Hospital in Germany suggest electromagnetic sensitivity is >>> strictly a psychosomatic disorder. >>> >>> The major study endpoint was the ability of the subjects to >>> differentiate between real magnetic stimulation and a sham condition. >>> There were no significant differences between groups in the >>> thresholds, neither of detecting the real magnetic stimulus nor in >>> motor response. >>> >>> We found no objective correlate of the self perception of being >>> "electrosensitive." Overall, our experiment does not support the >>> hypothesis that subjectively electrosensitive patients suffer from a >>> physiological hypersensitivity to EMFs or stimuli. >>> >>> Do you acknowledge Fristenberg, and others claiming electronic >>> sensitivity, may be suffering real physiological effects and should be >>> allowed to live free from electronic devices? Or should treatment be >>> strictly psychological? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Larry C. Lyons >>> web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons >>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons >>> -- >>> The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. >>> - B. F. Skinner - >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310747 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
