On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Faith L Florer wrote:
>
> I already posted the results from one experiment that we tried in
> class on TIPs. If you missed my posting, here it is again. The student
> brought her toothbrush and alarm clock to class last Monday, plugged them
> both in and demonstrated to the class that the phenomenon. WE found
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> 2.) The alarm clock did not appear to jiggle unless the toothbrush handle
> was held against your chin. That ruled out the electromagnetic energy
> hypothesis. (That was the explanation that my students favored.)
Faith:
There's still one crucial bit of information about the phenomenon
which isn't clear from your description.
When the toothbrush runs and the jiggle begins, can other people
besides the toothbrusher/chin stimulator see the effect simultaneously
as well? If other people can see it, then it can't be a perceptual
illusion. In that case, chin or no chin, the electromagnetic energy
hypothesis is alive and well (perhaps chin application orients the
toothbrush to a critical angle for emitting the EM energy).
But if only the toothbrusher/chin stimulator can see it, then it's all
in her head for sure.
Stephen (who regrets that his toothbrush never makes anything jiggle)
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