<\/a>Yesterday we had a drink in a bar and while waiting for my Corona I read an ad in a local paper.
\nIt was about a ‘seminar’ organized by the ‘Unity Church of Melbourne (FL)’ (no, this is not another ‘religion’ rant).
\nI rolled my eyes, let my wife read it and we both had a good laugh.<\/p>\n

For $35\u00c2\u00a0you can attend this presentation tonight here in Melbourne, where a certain Dr. Emoto will explain that (I doubt he will explain ‘how’) crystals in freezing water are bright and colorful when the water is subjected to ‘loving words’, as where water exposed to ‘negative thoughts’ will produce crystals with “asymetrical patterns with dull colors”.
\nHe has established this astonishing and shocking\u00c2\u00a0fact by using high speed photography.
\nWhy anyone needs high speed photography to watch water freeze is beyond me, but okay, I’m not a professional ‘water researcher’ like Dr. Emoto. (Since the freezing of water is a rather slow process, I COULD imagine that he would have used the exact opposite way of recording what is happening: time lapse photography! But high speed photography? That’s just plain nucking futs!)
\nSays Dr. Emoto:<\/p>\n

“We must pay respect to water, and feel love and gratitude, and receive vibrations with a positive attitude. Then, water changes, you change and I change, because both you and I are water.” ~ Dr. Masaru Emoto, The True Power of Water.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The second speaker tonight is a certain Helena Reilly. She is an expert on “the process of transformation utilizing Scalarwave technology to release deep seated emotional, physical, mental and spiritual blockages<\/em>“. She also works closely with best selling author Dr. Masaru Emoto (yes, the other guy from\u00c2\u00a0the seminar) in the co-creation and distribution of the “EmLloy” products.
\nI don’t know what scalar waves are but it all sounds impressive.
\nTonight Helena Reilly will unveil the breakthrough Scalarwave technology of Voice Analysis Hydration System (VAHS).<\/p>\n

No, I’m not making any of this up!
\nRead that add for yourself: link<\/a><\/p>\n

I wondered what exactly this spectacular new invention would be all about, but I don’t want to spend $35 on finding out, so I did some googling.
\nI think I now know exactly what she will ‘unveil’ tonight: She will ‘unveil’ that you can actually buy this wonderful machine from them for the ridiculously low price of $4000. You can see it here: don’t forget to click on the picture to enlarge it: link<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, that’s $4000 for a computer speaker system, a cheap microphone, and some wires coiled around a bottle of water!<\/p>\n

There’s an incredible amount of mumbojumbo and pseudo-scientific nonsense on their website: link<\/a>.
\nIf you can actually read all that without your bullshit detection kit’s bells and whistles going berzerk, then you need some education in critical thinking!<\/p>\n

Please browse around and let me know what you think about these folks:
\nNutcases or .. just plain old con artists?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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