They're often the same people who think their power meter is killing them. I suspect it's what happens when people have a very limited understanding of the science behind everyday technologies, which makes those technologies very scary to them.
Even something as elementary as the inverse square law eludes a lot of them. When you point out that the radio signals from a cell phone on the night stand while you sleep are 10 times more powerful than signals from a cell tower 50 feet from your bedroom they get indignant. I think mostly because they don't understand how that could be possible.
They're often the same people who think their power meter is killing them. I suspect it's what happens when people have a very limited understanding of the science behind everyday technologies, which makes those technologies very scary to them.
Even something as elementary as the inverse square law eludes a lot of them. When you point out that the radio signals from a cell phone on the night stand while you sleep are 10 times more powerful than signals from a cell tower 50 feet from your bedroom they get indignant. I think mostly because they don't understand how that could be possible.
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