Comment on Crystals

• Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  nope, this study specifically focuses on the neuronal regenerative effects of electromagnetic fields, not simple electric fields:

  “The present investigation details the development of model systems for growing two- and three-dimensional human neural progenitor cells within a culture medium facilitated by a time-varying electromagnetic field (TVEMF).”

  The study is interesting and informative about fundamental biological effects of magnetism, for anyone who wants to read it.

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  • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, it’s specifically oscillating fields, but it’s not the kind of electromagnetic field you’d get from a crystal lamp, a magnet bracelet, or even a WiFi router.

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      phew, good thing nobody made any of those claims.

      what are you talking about?

      NASA is very specifically studying and documenting clinically significant physiological effects of low-amplitude pulsed electromagnetic fields.

      crystals and magnet bracelets don’t emit electromagnetic fields at all, and NASA isn’t claiming they do.

      why are you replying to me with arguments against your own false assumptions?

      neither my comments nor NASA’s studies have anything to do with what you’re talking about.

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      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What? That’s the whole meme!

        Some bracelet or sticker or crystal you buy for $36 is not gonna do it either

        Then you brought up a paper supposedly about “electromagnetic frequencies” (which usually means light) and said

        “try not to unilaterally dismiss everything crystal hippies say.”

        As if crystals and auras are in any way relevant to the paper about directly applied electricity!

        This is exactly what the meme is about; people trying to justify random rocks and accessories with vague factoids and things science supposedly hasn’t discovered.

        The frequencies don’t have to be new so much as understood.

        This is entirely your claim, and you use it to insinuate that woo really does work and science is slowing coming to understand that! I have no issue with scientific research finding new things, but I take issue when that reseach is used to justify something completely different.

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