• DrDominate
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    1379 months ago

    You wear a tinfoil cap to keep the radio waves from controlling your brain.

    I wear a tinfoil cap to keep my brain’s waves from interfering with nearby electronics.

    We are not the same.

  • @242@lemmy.cafe
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    1189 months ago

    So let’s assume that radio waves can control your mind and that tinfoil can stop the radio waves… what good is covering just the top of your head? Couldn’t the radio waves strike the mind from a lower angle? This defense is basically useless.

    • Neato
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      259 months ago

      Your teeth are natural mind-control blockers. Dentin is the best radiation-absorber this side of lead paint!

    • @Yondoza@sh.itjust.works
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      239 months ago

      I took some antenna theory courses back in the day and yes, you are correct. Some frequencies reflect off the upper atmosphere so there would be a longer effective range at higher incident angles (going into the top of the head) but it wouldn’t completely block radio waves. Going from memory, the wavelengths that reflect off the upper atmosphere are long enough that a tin foil hat wouldn’t cause much interference anyways.

      TLDR: Fashionable, but not practical.

        • @Yondoza@sh.itjust.works
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          109 months ago

          Certainly could if it had good contact. If it was air gapped (held up by hair), it could be an effective barrier for shorter wavelengths.

      • @MrShankles@reddthat.com
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        39 months ago

        Lower frequencies (like the HF range) can propagate further due to reflection/refraction with the earth and the ionosphere. Increasing the frequency can lead to e-skip and troposhpeheric ducting. But even the HF range has shorter wavelengths than our brains, which operate in much lower frequencies (Hz vs MHz). So you would think that our brainwaves would pass through tin-foil much more easily

        But it’s the tin-foil’s electro-conduction that “foils” the electromagnetic waves’ (i.e radio waves’) ability to pass through it. But you would have to have no gaps in the tin-foil to completely block all waves from passing through. So like, an entire foil suit or a walking Faraday cage.

        TL;DR - it’s not about the length of the electromagnetic wave, it’s the electro-conduction (insulating) property of the tin-foil that matters

    • @thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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      59 months ago

      see… AM radio waves go up and bounce down, this makes it so they can travel farther and give you better reception when you are out in the boonies but the cost comes when the weather isn’t very good. FM broadcasts its waves in a more side ways that works best with line of site.

      This lady is clearly frightened of the AM talk radio and religious nut waves coming from they sky and not of the cool easy jazz and soft hits of the 60’s 70’s and 80’s

    • @voltaa@lemmy.ca
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      39 months ago

      I take apart bombs, missiles and other explosive ordnance for a living, and sometimes we have to wrap certain components or fuzes in aluminum foil to lower the effects of RF on them for transport. The general rule I follow is if you could put it underwater and water would get in, then radio frequencies won’t be deadened. So if she wants to be protected then she would have to create a watertight seal around her head and do us all a favor.

  • Punkie
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    1029 months ago

    Someone did a study at MIT about tin foil hats, and found that not only do they not screen radio interference, in some cases, can actually magnify them.

    Conclusion: The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for ‘‘radio location’’ (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites (see, for example, [3]). The 2.6 Ghz band coincides with mobile phone technology. Though not affiliated by government, these bands are at the hands of multinational corporations. It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings.

  • andrew
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    1019 months ago

    I looked her up. I’m pretty sure this is satire judging from the comedic nature of most of her posts.

  • @Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml
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    599 months ago

    thinks mind controlling radio waves are a legitimate threat that needs to be protected against

    doesn’t take steps to also protect their young children from that danger

    classic

    • @Zink@programming.dev
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      69 months ago

      Insert that photo of a pregnant lady smoking while talking to the news about how something else is making her concerned for her kids.

  • Swordgeek
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    359 months ago

    Honestly, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the picture was that her son made her a crown, and she was proudly rockin’ it.

    • @NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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      189 months ago

      But then it isn’t performative conservatism, and therefore is unmonetizable by the algorithm due to lack of engagement! And you gotta feed that 'rithm!

  • @Fades@lemmy.world
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    169 months ago

    Morons always procreate and it’s been holding back the rest of the human race since the beginning of time.

      • @Fades@lemmy.world
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        19 months ago

        You’re putting words in my mouth, I said nothing about what intelligence the kids get, all I said is stupids people are more likely to procreate due to less critical thinking and long term planning, thus creating a sort of cycle. I’m talking behavioral and developmental barriers coupled with economic pressure

        Nothing at all to do with genetics.

      • @Fades@lemmy.world
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        19 months ago

        No, no I am not.

        I said nothing about what intelligence the kids get, all I said is stupids people are more likely to procreate due to less critical thinking and long term planning, thus creating a sort of cycle. I’m talking behavioral and developmental barriers coupled with economic pressure

        Nothing at all to do with genetics.

  • @mlg@lemmy.world
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    159 months ago

    I’m waiting for the day someone wears a tinfoil hat specifically to protect only their head from beta radiation from something stupid like a pile of slightly radioactive rocks from a mine.

    It would just be so funny to demonstrate an actual use, but not care about covering the test of your body lol.