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Re:Havana syndrome: 'directed' radio frequency likely cause ... by andybak on Sunday December 06, 2020 @06:35AM (#25322840)
> Is it possible that the cumulative effects of compounded milliwatts could potentially have harmful effects, that have yet to be sufficiently studied or understood?

Yes. It's possible but isn't the general understanding that it's extremely unlikely?

Many, many things are possible but some criteria has to be applied to decide which ones we can spend time on investigating. Werewolf research is currently massively underfunded for good reason.

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Re:Havana syndrome: 'directed' radio frequency likely cause ... by txmachinery on Sunday December 06, 2020 @03:30PM (#25326365)
Yes, I would generally agree. But I think it's fine, and justified to investigate the (many) claims of EMF sensitivity. People having a seizure because they walked past someone eating peanuts may have seemed insane when it first came about, and while I have no idea of the history, it's easy to imagine that nut may have been cracked only finally by someone crazy enough to hypothesize such a thing. I have a friend who will die if their partner kisses them after drinking a glass of milk - the human body can at times decide to do extremely counterproductive things based on things ordinarily considered "safe".

(I love the werewolf research line, definitely stealing that for when I'm on the other side of this argument.)

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