Comments on: Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity

By: okay

okay — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:59:22 +0000

So I guess he is just allergic to specific radio frequencies? Please.

By: Mr. Mustard

Mr. Mustard — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:51:06 +0000

I agree w/ Slugsie. If he can detect wi-fi signals I bet the CIA could use him, and I would LOVE to know what exactly it is the modus operandi of wi-fi on his physiology.

By: Tash

Tash — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:36:04 +0000

reminds me of white noise 2!

By: Ms G

Ms G — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:41:46 +0000

I wonder how old this guy is and whether he checked for other causes (plenty of causes, known ones but also the ones that have no cure .. tons of people running around with complaints like him but they dont link it up to wife). I wonder whether he would be willing to undergo a test to see whether it is really wifi that bugs him ….. Can be done quite easily.

If you let it become that big without having consulted a doctor or checked some stuff inside yourself first …

Too many people start to see the cause in things like that … a bit as when you hear sounds or see things and then link them immediately up to a spirit world …..

By: ReligiousMarie

ReligiousMarie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:52:54 +0000

I do wonder if that was the reason why alot of ancient egyptians were using those heavy-element head garnment though….

By: hypno

hypno — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:04:02 +0000

While I do believe it is possible for people to be sensitive to electromagnetism, just like those cows they spotted all lined to magnetic north with Google maps, being ONLY sensitive to wi-fi is not possible. If you have ever scanned the electromagnetic noise in modern buildings you will see that there is tons of it. But being sensitive to only one tiny frequency range is nonsense.

A practical solution for this guy is a tin foil hat.

By: Slugsie

Slugsie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:40:08 +0000

Hmm, I wonder if he’ll be prepared to submit to some double blind testing? Or maybe he should submit himself to James Randis Million Dollar Challenge. Or maybe he should just get over himself and realise he’s probably deluding himself and that there is zero scientific evidence that human beings are able to pick-up on the specific electromagnetic emminations of WiFi brodcasts.

By: Gary Marshall

Gary Marshall — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:52:02 +0000

The same story’s in The Sun, with an extra detail:

“Steve’s new Afterlife album, Electrosensitive, is out now on Defected Records.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2552553/Wi-fi-waves-make-top-DJ-Steve-Miller-sick-Steve-Miller-aka-Afterlife.html

By: Tom Chivers

Tom Chivers — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:48:54 +0000

This is doubtless horrible for Mr Miller and I have no doubt his symptoms are entirely real, but 37 “provocation studies” seem to show no link between sufferers’ symptoms and whether a nearby electrotransmitting device is switched on (double-blinded, obviously).

The excellent Ben Goldacre has done this better than I can: http://www.badscience.net/2006/05/attack-of-the-killer-kettles/

It seems likely that either there is a different cause, or the symptoms are psychosomatic (which is not the same as imaginary, obviously).