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Post by Starborn_Light on Jan 31, 2005 9:30:14 GMT -5
This guy claims that his invention can stop aging, and people who have used it say that it actually works, but I'm not so sure. How could a magnetic ring affect the aging process? Would you even want to live for ever anyway? Immortality |
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Post by Tara on Jan 31, 2005 14:45:33 GMT -5
"You're as young as you feel" is something I go by. I also think you can make yourself think you're going to live longer, but I don't think that's the case. Taking care of yourself and eating right and all that would result in a healthier lifestyle. I think it's mind over matter and in this case, the matter is that living longer does not necessarily mean that you'll be happier.  I've watched this episode on 60 minutes (think it was 60min) where they talked about all these weight loss scams and one of them was indeed, wearing a ring.  But you know how there are stories where people seem to be able to walk across hot coals without hurting themselves? I dunno... think it's somewhere along those lines. But I really think if you want results you have to work for it and not linger too long in the fantasy world that everything is going to happen just by thinking about it. That's my 2cents worth of baloney. |
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Post by littlepea on Feb 1, 2005 9:42:39 GMT -5
"Then I felt rejuvenation. TREMENDOUS REJUVENATION. I further perfected it by adding magnets at bottom of pinkies, and I suddenly felt more thorough rejuvenation. Then my wrinkles on my forehead started to disappear. My skin tightened up. All those crazy things started to happen to me which convinced me that this device which I have just invented gives immortality." that's quite a big jump ... maybe there is something to it and it will make you feel better, but immortality? hmm ... i've heard of one scientifically proven way of living longer - what you do is you starve yourself one day (absolutely no food, only water) and then eat well the next day, then starve the day after, eat well the next day, and keep doing that 2 day cycle - that's the healthiest way to live (apparently). you can get tests done to determine your physical age (rather than your chronological age), so if this guy's age NEVER changes, then perhaps it is some kind of eternal youth device, but i think you'll understand that i'm more than a bit skeptical ... also, don't underestimate the power of placebos, i've recently experienced it from an unlikely source ... you know that tv show "scrubs" with zach braff? well in quite a few episodes they kept talking about coffee as if it's some kind of laxative - well, i don't drink coffee but sometimes i drink soft drinks with lots of caffeine in them. anyway, i never thought much of it until i saw an episode of scrubs where they mentioned something along those lines, and then i drank a pint of irn bru (best soft drink ever, though only available in scotland and russia, for some reason) and guess what i was doing all night ... my dad told me of a study into the effects of performance enhancing drugs on athletes which found that, including all the banned substances, the one which had the most noticeable effect was caffeine, so now i drink a caffeinated drink of some sort before i exercise and hope it makes me last longer. even though the study might be a load of nonsense, i think it does make me last longer  |
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Post by dianaholberg on Feb 1, 2005 10:11:37 GMT -5
Chances are it's the energy from the carbohydrates in the drink... but I'm no nutritionist either  |
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Post by littlepea on Feb 1, 2005 15:00:47 GMT -5
the study tested the drug, though, not fizzy drinks, and caffeine's what does it ... apparently ...
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Post by psyence on Apr 28, 2005 20:01:05 GMT -5
This guy claims that his invention can stop aging, and people who have used it say that it actually works, but I'm not so sure. How could a magnetic ring affect the aging process? Would you even want to live for ever anyway? ImmortalityThat thing's a load of bull escrament, unfortunately. I got the rings over 4 years ago the same way you're doing (the referal link). Didn't do anything, at all. Everything that you think may be happening is just because of belief. C'mon, they're just rare earth magnets; it's nothing that "rare" actually but that's what they're called. We already have magnetic fields of varying degreed, depending where you are, surrounding us like mad in this day and age. They're definitely not positioned to accomidate our north and south flow of "chi", so basically if these little magnets can make us immortal, we'd be dead preeeety quick from the influence of the magnetic fields around us already. But then again, I never thought they did any good for our energy. Hmm. But magnet rings and foot braces sure aint gonna give you eternal life, even if you believe. Not trying to be negative, but I've done my experimenting with them, lol. |
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Post by Amalcas on Apr 29, 2005 14:28:36 GMT -5
Yeah....magnetism has nothing to do with aging. In fact, the major problem with aging is that the body commits suicide when it gets too old to be useful. Certain cells have little stems on them that wear down as you grow older, and, when they run out, you die rather quickly. This is why cloning is problematic; age is cloned too.
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Post by Tara on Apr 29, 2005 15:29:21 GMT -5
Aww, so I can't clone myself to be 20 years older or seomthing?
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Post by Amalcas on Apr 29, 2005 20:17:23 GMT -5
Not currently, no.....though probably sometime in the future. Its the major (universal) hurtle left for cloning.
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Post by teancum79 on Nov 10, 2005 16:11:11 GMT -5
Interesting I for one don't want to live forever in a mortal state.
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Post by ophelia97 on Nov 10, 2005 20:31:25 GMT -5
Neither would I. I'm not ready to die yet, but I look forward to it one day because there are better places to move onto afterwards.
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