<story><title>The town that banned Wi-Fi</title><url>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/21/the-town-that-banned-wi-fi</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>beloch</author><text>&amp;quot;None of which gets round the core issue: if EHS is real, I asked Diane, then why has it not shown up in formal experiments? “I encourage scientists to go to where we are and measure the environment,” she replied. “Don’t try to pretend that you’re God and expose us to different frequencies in a lab. That’s like taking someone and breaking their legs and asking how much it hurts.”&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Right, so we can&amp;#x27;t actually test your crippling sensitivity to EMF in a lab even though, if it&amp;#x27;s as bad as you say it is, a double blind test to see if you could reliably tell when a radio in a shoe-box is switched on ought to be good enough.&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;the lack of proof from major studies is merely evidence of a conspiracy between interested parties. “Conventional government-funded science isn’t a reliable indicator of health defects,” she told me. “There’s a vested interest in keeping the truth out of circulation.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;So, beyond the fact that willing test subjects are hard to find, there&amp;#x27;s a conspiracy to cover up evidence showing people really are &amp;quot;sensitives&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Like Meckna, Dacre felt that there were people claiming to be electrosensitive who were nothing of the sort, who were queering the pitch for the others: “You can tell at once who is just pretending,” she said. &amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Even better, the test subjects we can round up are likely fakers!&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;“See those?” he asked.&lt;p&gt;“Aeroplane trails?”&lt;p&gt;“Not contrails – chemtrails,” he said. “The government sprays the air – it gets in the atmosphere.” He paused and looked me in the eye. “The world needs to know what’s happening here.” &amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;My suspicions about what&amp;#x27;s really going on here are beginning to coalesce...</text></comment>
<story><title>The town that banned Wi-Fi</title><url>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/21/the-town-that-banned-wi-fi</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mistercow</author><text>&amp;gt;He held a meeting with some electrosensitives, and didn’t tell them he had a mobile phone in his pocket. “They noticed at once. After that I was convinced.&lt;p&gt;Ah the good ol&amp;#x27; base rate fallacy.&lt;p&gt;I can predict with around 90% accuracy whether a given American adult has a cellphone on their person, simply by always answering &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;But I doubt you&amp;#x27;d be impressed if I pointed at a random stranger and said &amp;quot;That guy has a cell phone&amp;quot;.</text></comment>