Comments on: Got some polish? My tinfoil helmet looks rusty… http://www.parenthetical.net/2007/01/19/scientist-question/ Book reviews, snark, and adventures in locovoration Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:26:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: redbeard http://www.parenthetical.net/2007/01/19/scientist-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3703 redbeard Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:54:17 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=173#comment-3703 I always wondered why I had to take off my jacket when I used my cellphone... I always wondered why I had to take off my jacket when I used my cellphone…

]]> By: Martini-Corona http://www.parenthetical.net/2007/01/19/scientist-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3702 Martini-Corona Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:33:07 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=173#comment-3702 Agh! Randy, thanks for your comment above -- I'm getting a cellphone earpiece TODAY. Agh! Randy, thanks for your comment above — I’m getting a cellphone earpiece TODAY.

]]> By: Randy http://www.parenthetical.net/2007/01/19/scientist-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3701 Randy Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:03:25 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=173#comment-3701 When we looked into this we concluded that a) the type of radiation coming from wifi is the same as from cell phones, just much much weaker (shorter distance), b) the cell phone dangers, while much hyped, didn't have much science behind them, and c) the *type* of effect that radiation can have is heating things, which is pretty well understood, and explains the one effect they have found from cellphones (which is that you think faster when microwaves are beaming into your head. No lie, and a little disturbing, but not directly *bad*). I don't consider the above conclusive, but it was enough that we didn't worry about getting wifi. When we looked into this we concluded that a) the type of radiation coming from wifi is the same as from cell phones, just much much weaker (shorter distance), b) the cell phone dangers, while much hyped, didn’t have much science behind them, and c) the *type* of effect that radiation can have is heating things, which is pretty well understood, and explains the one effect they have found from cellphones (which is that you think faster when microwaves are beaming into your head. No lie, and a little disturbing, but not directly *bad*).

I don’t consider the above conclusive, but it was enough that we didn’t worry about getting wifi.

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