Just what not why. I had a housemate whilst at Cornell who manifested the "reverse Midas touch". We did several experiments to verify the effects were real and they were!
One was when we asked him to please turn the volume down on a radio, and an electrollytic capacitor failed emitting voluminous vapors into the room. Another was to turn on a light, and it burned out. He definitely should not go into a computer room. There were many more experiments like that, not all electrical in nature -- locking keys in car, flat tires at inappropriate times etc. It's interesting that no significant physical harm ever occurred, although the potential was there. In the movie "Pure Luck" they give this a scientific name "Coincident Misfortune Syndrome". I recommend that movie ( starring Martin Short ). I really enjoyed it because I knew this syndrome is real. Hoyt Stearns Scottsdale, Arizona US -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:19 AM From: Harry Veeder <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, May 17, 2012 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one. I think lights that are near death are prone to being influenced by the presence of people. So yes the light might turn on and off when you aren't near it, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that you had some infleunce at other times. Harry On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > From Beaty, > > ... > >> If you notice a *single* streelight turn off, it might just be >> Anthropic Principle. Meaning, that streetlight is slowly turning on >> and off constantly, but you only notice this when you're walking >> underneath, and then wrongly ascribe the cause as being your proximity. >> Human presence causes the bulb to be noticed, because without nearby >> human presence, the bulb isn't noticed. >
