Speaking of 'unatural' phenomena - how much incidental radiation impinges upon us from natural sources and materials that contain trace amounts of decaying isotopes ... as well as 'cosmic rays' that occasionally make their way our direction? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinx" To: Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [EE]: IEE position statement"The Possible....." > > It's fnuny that none of these types seem concerned > > that we are bathed in a 200V/M electrostatic field > > about the earth or also continually exposed to a > > 1 Guass (it it?) magnetic field at all times ... > > and since MUCH before our time (and our ancestor's) > > time as well ... > > It might not be such an unreasonable view. Take deep sea > fish for example. They are born and live in, what to us, is a > deadly environment. They are acclimatised to it, much as > people who live in the Himalyas or Andes are acclimatised > to living in a low oxygen atmosphere. Living things in general > could be quite immune to the forces you mention, simply > because those conditions have always been there. What > seems to be the bigger concern is that man-made energies > are still to be evaluated as "unnatural" phenomena, often > present as very localised hot spots > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics