"...a
functional band's effect--not all brands
always work."
"How conveeeeeeenient," said the Church Lady.
OK, which brands
always work?
Please don't say Q-Ray, iRenew, Bio-Ray, Rayma, or Balance, because all have been shown conclusively to
not always work. In fact, they've all been shown conclusively to be precisely the same as the placebo effect, or, in other words, have all been shown to not work at all.
Actually, physical reactions are
objective, quantifiable and extremely measurable. That is,
if any of this was
actual science. Merely claiming there is a natural frequency doesn't make it science, it makes it an unfounded claim, much like a religion. To date, there has been no empirical observation or experiment to support the claim, much like a religion. All we have had so far to support the claim is anecdotal evidence based on illusory corollary (much like a religion). There is no scientific evidence to support the basis for the New Age metaphysical concepts (natural frequencies, harmonic balance), much less to support some of the claims resulting from them. The planet itself does not have a "natural" electromagnetic frequency that anything can be "tuned" in to, considering the Earth's magnetic field is constantly fluctuating.
"The science can be debated but not direct experience."
Funny, because the science is the very thing that cannot be debated, and it's the direct experience that is open to debate. Science is either refutable or irrefutable, there is no in between to debate. If it is irrefutable then it is infinitely replicatable, time after time, every time. If it is refutable, even once, then it's a theory, an incorrect science at best, and at worst it is fabricated junk science, and another theory must be introduced and tested. A belief in something is just that, a belief. It's not science. The stronger you believe in something, the harder you'll try to find supporting evidence for it, and you might even call the evidence science, even when it's not.
Someone came up with the notion of the evils of electromagnetic radiation contained in cell phones and television broadcasts and radio broadcasts and how all this electromagnetic radiation is throwing out natural balance out of whack. This ignores the fact that the entire spectrum of electromagnetic radiation has been bombarding us and the planet since the beginning of time, and at wildly varying levels that change from minute to minute, or even second to second. The notion plays on the idea that man-made radiation is somehow different and more dangerous than the radiation emitted by stars and planets and interstellar gases and our own solar system. Every time there is a period of intense solar flare activity, the human race is subjected to more radiation, and more different frequencies of radiation, than 1000 years of constant cell phone use would provide. We are all bombarded by millions of neutrinos every day, day and night, rain or shine. Clearly, too much of any kind of electromagnetic radiation can wreck havoc on people. Even too much florescent lighting causes problems. But there is no evidence whatsoever that a bracelet can mitigate or reverse or block the effects of this radiation.
Yes, some airline pilots wear the bracelets. Some used to wear copper bracelets for the same reasons. Few still wear the copper bracelets. I wonder why they all don't still wear them, or why they all don't wear a super harmonic balancer bracelet? I mean, if airline pilots are so smart, and if an airline pilot does it then surely it means we should do it, too, right? There
must be something to it, right?
Fact is, truth does not change because it is or is not believed by a majority of the people. If there is something to the power bracelets, then there would be no question that it works. It would be clearly evident and its effectiveness would be clearly demonstrable to anyone and everyone. People insist crystals work, or copper bracelets, or rare earth magnets, or bracelets with holographic images magically embedded with mysterious natural frequencies. If the power of suggestion (placebo) makes it work, fine, go with that. But it ain't science. The Mayo Clinic conclusively demonstrated there is no effect on muscle pain or balance or physiology at the cellular or any other level as compared to a placebo effect with ionic and holographic principle bracelets.
Incidentally, there is a reason these bracelets can no longer be sold or imported in Australia if they claim any medical or athletic benefit, and it's not because they work or they have scientific support. There is also a reason these companies promote their bracelets through paid celebrity endorsements and viral marketing rather than published scientific work.
There have simply been
too many scientific double-blind studies that have conclusively disproved the claims made by manufacturers and believers of these products.
