Date:         Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:02:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
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From:         Leon Korkin <korkwood@SURFREE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Anyone ever tried this on their vanagon
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Aaaaaah.
Dear Mr. Doctor,

DrCory wrote:

> Leon  wrote...
>
> Those and other versions of magnets are being marketed to people to use as bed
> mattresses, shoe inserts, therapeutic devices etc etc etc. I have a friend who
> is swearing that mattress is "curing" her back problem.
> All that's needed is to present it as scientific "breakthrough" and spice it up
> with fancy names.
>
> Okay! now wait a minute.
> you cannot compare a mechanical system with a biological one!

Did i? The only thing that "unifies" both here is the same methods croocks use to
sell both "medical" and mechanical magnetic devices.
There is snake oil available for both mechanical and medical applications.

>
> the principles are easy to tease out in a mechanical one (this mollecular
> compound burns with more energy than this one).
>
> A biological system... We still don't know all the ins and outs of our
> systems.

Who is "WE"? I gain my information from people/doctors who KNOW INS AND OUTS.
In my entire life(i am 53 now) i never met a doctor who used magnets for any
purpose other than holding notes on a board.

> So, Don't presume that becuase it doesn't work on a mechanical one
> that it doesn't work in a biological one.  Magnetics DO HAVE VALID
> background in health care.  That one makes extravegant claims does NOT say
> that NOTHING is going on.

Ye, right. While ago there was big sensation about "fusion in a cup" There are
still people who believe in it. Denial sindrome.
We are not talking about MRI here.

> Reasonable claims have substantiation.  Medical
> textbooks do contain the physics of these effects.
>
> Please don't cast aspersions about someones health successes.

"Commercial successes" of those "inventors" always followed by disappearing act
together with money of the clients who are stuck with useless crap.
In our age of computers and information there are still people who prefer anecdotes
and tales to real information. Judging where is real information and where is fraud
depends on one's education, experience, knowledge etc. One thing is ALWAYS TRUE:
IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT MOST LIKELY IS!
Thanks for giving me an opportunity to express myself.
Wait, you actualy don't want me to "cast aspersions"!
I would never do such horrible thing!
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

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>
> 'Doctor' Cory Hawkins
> '85 Eurospec 'Spunky'