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Steven Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And now we're getting the results of those independent testing.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And what do you think it shows?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

It massages your feet.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

So there were essentially 20 independent battery experts who looked at what was submitted by the company.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And essentially what they found is that the battery they submitted was just a lithium ion battery.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

That was it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

There was two key pieces of evidence.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

The first was the voltage curves, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

So this is when you're looking at the voltage generated by it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

It was right in the sweet spot for lithium ion.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

But the second piece of evidence was even more damning.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

So these battery cells expand, and the amount of expansion is caused by the ions that are in there, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And essentially, it expanded in exactly the amount you would predict if it were lithium, right, causing that expansion.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

It's like a fingerprint of lithium, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

There's this kink that forms.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And it showed the exact distinctive kink in the expansion curve around 50 to 70% state of charge.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

So again, that's like a fingerprint of lithium.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And so that's it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

It's pretty much QED.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

So that means that this is fraud, right?