Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Beam Me Up Scotty or Pseudoscience Strikes Again.


"Scientists Report Teleportation of Physical Objects From One Location To Another" (1). And here is another perfect example of real science being used to “prove” pseudoscientific claims. In a a nutshell, quantum “teleportation” occurs when the characteristics of one atom are transferred to another not in the proximity of the first thorough “quantum entanglement”. No discussion of that here, but there are lots of experimental examples of this. Note that the characteristics of the atom are moved, not that atom itself, resulting in the putative physical transfer of the object.
Now jump to a claim that a series of experiments conducted in China in 1981 (2) that claim children were able to teleport physical objects such as watches and horseflies by using mind power and a “fourth dimension”.  China? In 1981? Unsubstiated and not reproducible? Never been done under controlled contitions anywhere else? These claims are TODAY being used to show that actual teleportation is real.
Yes, wacko pseudoscience using a relatively new discovery to “prove” a debunked old one. There is no end to the crap the human mind can come up with. Sometimes, though, the crap turns to gold. Not in this case though. Pure CRAP.
2. Ziran Zazhi (Nature Journal) tilted “Some Experiments on the Transfer of Objects Performed by Unusual Abilities of the Human Body” (Shuhuang et al., 1981)

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1 comment:

Zarko said...

My favorites:

1. Research showed (I saw the data) that if you submerge any cell into a specific pH acid will transform into a stem cell. PURE CRAP

2. Water molecules have memory and even after removal of single molecules (such as Calcium for example) there will be a blueprint of surrounding hydrogen molecules left behind. HOLY CRAP

3. Until 1974 according to studies funded and published by American Psychiatric Association showed homosexuality to be a mental illness. SPEECHLESS

That's the beauty of science...