Comments on: The Magnetic Therapy Water Wand: A Debunking from History http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:55:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Harry http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-16181 Harry Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:57:57 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-16181 What - only in Parliament? How daft!!! What – only in Parliament? How daft!!!

]]> By: Pedant http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-12089 Pedant Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:02:34 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-12089 I've been looking at Companies House into the history of the sellers of that "magic wand", Magnetic Therapy Ltd: Company No. 02802597 Previous Names: Date of change Previous Name 22/03/1996 ADVANCED PSYCHOLOGY LIMITED 09/04/1996 MAGENTIC THERAPY LTD I wonder what strength of magents [sic] it used in 1996. I’ve been looking at Companies House into the history of the sellers of that “magic wand”, Magnetic Therapy Ltd:

Company No. 02802597

Previous Names:
Date of change Previous Name
22/03/1996 ADVANCED PSYCHOLOGY LIMITED
09/04/1996 MAGENTIC THERAPY LTD

I wonder what strength of magents [sic] it used in 1996.

]]> By: Magnetic Therapy Believer http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11977 Magnetic Therapy Believer Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:22:30 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11977 Riiight, listen to the guys that just want you to take a pill for every little thing. Who cares if it's a plebo affect. If it relieves your pain then you should plecebo everything. I know people that swear buy it for flexability and pain. Riiight, listen to the guys that just want you to take a pill for every little thing. Who cares if it’s a plebo affect. If it relieves your pain then you should plecebo everything. I know people that swear buy it for flexability and pain.

]]> By: Amadan http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11957 Amadan Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:58:48 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11957 "Franklin added “on things we cannot see or feel it is important to guard against the extravagances of imagination”." A quibble: isn't this quote from Lavoisier? “Franklin added “on things we cannot see or feel it is important to guard against the extravagances of imagination”.”

A quibble: isn’t this quote from Lavoisier?

]]> By: db http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11943 db Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:03:11 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11943 Can David Tredinnick not be prosecuted for claiming that homeopathy can cure cancer in Parliament? Can David Tredinnick not be prosecuted for claiming that homeopathy can cure cancer in Parliament?

]]> By: Mojo http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11938 Mojo Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:49:29 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11938 "The Water Wand is Bi-Polar in effect." Bipolar magnets? Who would have though it? “The Water Wand is Bi-Polar in effect.”

Bipolar magnets? Who would have though it?

]]> By: Has UKIP’s website been hacked by satirists? « Don't Get Fooled Again http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11930 Has UKIP’s website been hacked by satirists? « Don't Get Fooled Again Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:57:26 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11930 [...] yet unsubstantiated healing claims have been the hallmark of  cranks and mystics through the ages. How better to discredit the UK Independence Party than to hack into their website and make it look [...] [...] yet unsubstantiated healing claims have been the hallmark of  cranks and mystics through the ages. How better to discredit the UK Independence Party than to hack into their website and make it look [...]

]]> By: Anna Sayburn http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11928 Anna Sayburn Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:49:45 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11928 Would that be the Kenelm Digby widely thought to have accidentally killed his young wife Venetia, with a concoction he made up including poisonous aconite, supposedly to ward off smallpox? Would that be the Kenelm Digby widely thought to have accidentally killed his young wife Venetia, with a concoction he made up including poisonous aconite, supposedly to ward off smallpox?

]]> By: Dr Aust http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11927 Dr Aust Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:35:20 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11927 Note that unlike a homeopathic Martini, a magnetised one needs to be <i>"Stirred not shaken"</i>. I spent many days of my PhD sat in a room with a <a href="http://www.uic.edu/classes/phyb/phyb516/BaranyUpdate4/NMR/NMR%20Images/Fig.%20NMR%203.jpg" rel="nofollow">4.7 Tesla superconducting magnet NMR spectrometer</a>, BTW, and it never did anything for me. Perhaps I should have spent more time twirling around in circles. Anyway, thanks for brightening up a dull afternoon with this gem, Andy. Note that unlike a homeopathic Martini, a magnetised one needs to be “Stirred not shaken”.

I spent many days of my PhD sat in a room with a 4.7 Tesla superconducting magnet NMR spectrometer, BTW, and it never did anything for me. Perhaps I should have spent more time twirling around in circles.

Anyway, thanks for brightening up a dull afternoon with this gem, Andy.

]]> By: Teek http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/06/the-magnetic-therapy-water-wand-a-debunking-from-history.html#comment-11926 Teek Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:12:24 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/?p=1321#comment-11926 Great post... Isn't it fascinating to see how Franklin and other great Enlightenment thinkers were able to systematically dismantle magical claims made on behalf of magnetism (and for that matter many other fantastical remedies) over 200 years ago, and yet we seem to have some form of collective amnesia when it comes to things that already been comprehensively debunked. *sigh* Great post…

Isn’t it fascinating to see how Franklin and other great Enlightenment thinkers were able to systematically dismantle magical claims made on behalf of magnetism (and for that matter many other fantastical remedies) over 200 years ago, and yet we seem to have some form of collective amnesia when it comes to things that already been comprehensively debunked.

*sigh*

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