In contemporary, people will easily believe on something that promises positive results. Why? It is because they’re bored and desperate. When people tell you the positive effects of a certain product is it really reliable? Or are they just baits to lure us into bringing out some money out of our pockets? Simply put, it could be a con or a cheat. Psychologically, we submit ourselves into this fiasco because we perceive it as something good and whenever the human mind sees something good he would desire to have it. Unknowingly, we are being drawn by the promising words of the con artist ensuring us of our money’s worth. Just because something is so good, we have to indulge in it already? Think again or else I’ll call you a dumbass!
This time I will be talking about the magnetic bracelets and the sorts. If you don’t want to read the next following statements on this post probably because you bought one, might as well close this post now.
While I and my fellow magicians were having a break in this restaurant, somebody approached us and offered some magnetic bracelets. We verified first if he’s a faker posing as an agent. Though he’s not, I prepared myself for the tons of bullshit that I will hear in the next following seconds. First, he showed us the magnetic bracelets, they really are magnetic no problem with that; that’s why their called magnetic bracelets in the first place. He then gave us a lecture about the human body and its functions, though I’m a nurse and I know that some of the things he’s blabbering about are wrong, still I kept myself reserved. After that, he explained the therapeutic effects of magnets to our body telling us that our body is made up of blood and there is Iron in our blood. And that the Iron there will react to the magnet solving health problems like anemia, heart problems and so on. Do you have any idea how much they sell those stuff? From 1,500 above!
BULLSH*T!!! Again… BULLS*IT!!!
In the first place, the magnetic bracelet is a non-moving magnet. A typical nonmoving magnet produces only a magnetic field. And reality check, a magnetic field cannot affect a person’s body!
About the Iron in the blood thing (which I consider full of sh*t), where the magnet will cause that Iron to react thus causing good blood flow or venous return is not TRUE!!! Most people believe in this. The iron in hemoglobin (which is in the blood) is not ferromagnetic. If hemoglobin contained ferromagnetic iron it would be simple to separate red blood cells from other bloods cells with a magnet. And if the Iron in the blood is ferromagnetic, we would be flying across the room or even explode the moment we are exposed to any strong magnet like the MRI or Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device they use in Hospitals.
After the f*cked up lecture, he gave us some demo. The moment an agent gives a demo, people would immediately believe the effect. Okay here’s what he did, he will ask you to interlace your fingers behind you and ask somebody to apply pressure on it, and at first you will not be able to hold the pressure. At the moment, you put on the magnet you will be able to even hold any weight/pressure anybody will apply. Next, he told us how his co-agent managed to let 4 people lift a very big person from a chair using only their two fingers.
At this point, most people will be convinced that the magnets really work and at a certain degree they have an effect on the human body. The mentioned demos above if well relate it to the effect of the magnet is plainly crap!!!
I have been doing those kind of effects, the ability to hold on pressure and the capability to lift a big person by the mere two fingers of 4 people in my shows. And I am honest that I managed to pull them off through the use of psychology and techniques in suggestion. Meaning, those kinds of stunts can be performed by any person without those darn magnets.
Though me and my fellow magicians, know how the demo really works, we just played along pretending as if we we’re amazed. One thing that we observed is, the agent really things that the magnets work. Too bad for him.
Up until now, magnetic therapy is being debated to be used in Clinical Practice. Think about that! If magnetic therapy is really effective, then the medical industry would save tons and tons of money from producing drugs and medications.
People indulge into this because they are ignorant and easy to fool. Don’t be one!
People easily believe on something because they see it as good, beneficial but the old skeptic quote is “If it is too good to be true, it might not be true”.
To explain more about the psychology behind this here’s a video clip from Penn and Tellers (magicians) Show, Bullshit.
what people can do just to earn money!
Damn Right! I consulted our family physician about the product and he said na there is no sufficient studies and proof that they are really working.