Beancounter
21st August 2005, 03:33 AM
Well, it finally happened - I met someone whose range of beliefs is so diametrically opposite to mine that I was speechless.
My wife and I were round for dinner at the house of some friends when another acquaintance of theirs also turned up for dinner. The guy apologised for being late, the reason being he had just been to a presentation for the Q-Link. These guys have finally made it to the tip of Africa with their amazing product!
Having recalled reading about this thing on this forum, I was about to warn him about the dubious claims of this stuff when he pulled put a nice shiny pendant, showed me his mobile phone with a sticker on it and proclaimed that he had just signed up for around $1,000.
He then went on to explain how the thing is supposed to work and related it to the Bio-Energy Stress Test (using a machine so it must be true) that he had that afternoon. Following this test he had also been prescribed some homeopathic remedies to sort out the problems that the BEST machine had identified.
Later in conversation over dinner he referred to astrology.
Now, I am not a confrontational sort of person and this was not my house and not my friend. I am also of the type who does not wax lyrical unless I am reasonably certain about the subject I am talking about. These factors coupled with my astonishment at the wide range of crap that this guy believed in meant I did not venture more than a few vague comments on how I was sceptical about the claims of these products - what a wuss!
However, he is trying to get our mutual friends into this stuff and I have been more vocal with them regarding the dubious nature of these things. They are also doubtful, and the wife (who was dragged along to a Q-Link presentation) noted that the attempt to prove the efficacy of the Q-Link on cell phone users by way of the "pulling down the arm" demonstration looked pretty staged.
The bottom line is I would like to get more specific debunking information on this Q-Link guff so that I can give my friends concrete, informed reasons as to why it does not work. I am sure there are plenty of people on this forum who are familiar with this garbage (I recall long debates with Coghill on EMF) and knowledgeable about the appropriate physics - can anyone here help?
Thanks in advance.
Edited to change subject line
My wife and I were round for dinner at the house of some friends when another acquaintance of theirs also turned up for dinner. The guy apologised for being late, the reason being he had just been to a presentation for the Q-Link. These guys have finally made it to the tip of Africa with their amazing product!
Having recalled reading about this thing on this forum, I was about to warn him about the dubious claims of this stuff when he pulled put a nice shiny pendant, showed me his mobile phone with a sticker on it and proclaimed that he had just signed up for around $1,000.
He then went on to explain how the thing is supposed to work and related it to the Bio-Energy Stress Test (using a machine so it must be true) that he had that afternoon. Following this test he had also been prescribed some homeopathic remedies to sort out the problems that the BEST machine had identified.
Later in conversation over dinner he referred to astrology.
Now, I am not a confrontational sort of person and this was not my house and not my friend. I am also of the type who does not wax lyrical unless I am reasonably certain about the subject I am talking about. These factors coupled with my astonishment at the wide range of crap that this guy believed in meant I did not venture more than a few vague comments on how I was sceptical about the claims of these products - what a wuss!
However, he is trying to get our mutual friends into this stuff and I have been more vocal with them regarding the dubious nature of these things. They are also doubtful, and the wife (who was dragged along to a Q-Link presentation) noted that the attempt to prove the efficacy of the Q-Link on cell phone users by way of the "pulling down the arm" demonstration looked pretty staged.
The bottom line is I would like to get more specific debunking information on this Q-Link guff so that I can give my friends concrete, informed reasons as to why it does not work. I am sure there are plenty of people on this forum who are familiar with this garbage (I recall long debates with Coghill on EMF) and knowledgeable about the appropriate physics - can anyone here help?
Thanks in advance.
Edited to change subject line