Re: Electricity guy on Ripley's Believe it or Not

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 

Hi Adam, Harold, All,

A few thoughts on this topic:

1) The fact that he does this only in circumstances where the setup 
is under his control and has never been examined by independent 
skeptical observers under controlled conditions gives it a faintly 
disagreeable aroma.
2) What type of MD is he - neurosurgeon or proctologist? (not the 
same outside Washington,DC.)
3) Other than working as a human defibrillator, how does he "Help" 
people? Electroshock therapy?
4) Where?  If this were legit, he'd be running a major clinic funded 
by his Nobel Prize money, not a carnival sideshow.

Matt D.



In a message dated 9/11/05 3:12:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Adam,

He says he does it by muscular action.  The guy is also a MD and uses
what he can do to help treat people.  In action you see him tense up
and see his arm shaking.  If he's only passing 600 V at high enough
current to start damp paper on fire, he should be dead.  But if he's
generating, as he claims, then he might be immune to the current.

David E Weiss