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SheilaT

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7. His harassment of his neighbor is very depressing.
Wed May 13, 2015, 11:31 AM
May 2015

Plus, he's gotten away with not having to pay any legal costs.

These claims also show an amazing lack of understanding of how these electromagnetic waves are all around us, all the time. Those with the supposed sensitivity just don't show the kind of symptomology that would truly be there if it were real. In the same way, supposed multiple chemical sensitivity is largely a figment of the imagination.

Unfortunately, the power of suggestion can never be underestimated.

The placebo effect is so strong, that unless a new medication or treatment is at least 30% better than the placebo, it's probably not actually better. So any time someone claims that something (food, medicine, whatever) is 20% better than the old way, don't even bother.

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