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Josh Clark

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Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

You might say, like, great, who cares?

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

But this is just one of those things that shows you how science builds on science.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

This actually confirmed quantum theory for the first time because it showed that electrons respond to magnetic fields, and it proved a lot of, like, the math that had been—

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

proposed for quantum theory but hadn't been confirmed yet, that discovery at Green Bank Observatory confirmed it.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

That's just one of a number of incomprehensible discoveries that were made there.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

So it is important.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

This isn't just a group of astronomers who want their cake.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

They're just fat little bully boys or anything like that.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

There's important work being carried out because this is such a unique place.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

No, one of the things that really undermines the concept of electromagnetic hypersensitivity as an actual medical condition is that people who suffer from it can't reliably tell when they're in the presence of electromagnetic frequencies.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Right.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

They've been given tests and tests and tests where they are being bombarded with an electromagnetic pulse.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And next, they say that they are and they're not actually being bombarded with it.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And they can't say like, yes, now I'm being exposed to electromagnetic radiation.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Now I'm not.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

So that alone makes it seem like it's simply a psychological disorder or a nocebo effect that people are being... Like, their symptoms are real.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Like, they're losing their hair.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

They're not pulling it out in secret and saying, I lost my hair because of this.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Their symptoms are real.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

What's causing it seems to just be in their mind.

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