How does the physics of electrostatic energy transfer work in the human body?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the concept of electrostatic energy transfer in the human body, particularly exploring the idea of inducing and focusing magnetic fields from a person's finger to another's body. Participants reference Kirlian photography and concepts like "acu-energy" and "bio-energy," while questioning the physics behind these phenomena.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • One participant inquires about the physics of inducing and focusing a magnetic field from their finger to another person's body, referencing Kirlian photography.
  • Another participant humorously suggests that attaching a magnet to the finger might achieve the desired effect.
  • A different participant discusses static electricity buildup and discharge, explaining how it occurs through friction and contact with various materials.
  • Some participants express skepticism about the validity of the concepts being discussed, referencing the Kirlian effect and its misinterpretation.
  • There are suggestions that creating a static field generator could allow for controlled discharge, but challenges in focusing the energy are noted.
  • One participant humorously proposes the use of a rubber suit and a tazer as a means to achieve the energy transfer.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a mix of skepticism and curiosity, with no consensus on the feasibility or scientific basis of the proposed ideas. Multiple competing views remain regarding the nature of electrostatic energy transfer and its practical application.

Contextual Notes

Participants highlight limitations in understanding the underlying physics and the challenges of controlling electrostatic discharge. There are unresolved questions about the definitions and interpretations of terms like "acu-energy" and "bio-energy."

Erdem
how can I induct and even focus my magnetic field (like laser beam) from my finger (look "kirlian photo" from google) to the other persons body. i call this acu-energy. some call bio-energy.

what is the physics behind it.
how electomagnetic waves travel in this case.
 
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Uh, what?

- Warren
 
Originally posted by chroot
Uh, what?

- Warren

Ditto.
 
Originally posted by russ_watters
What, you guys never saw X-Men?

Sure, but he's no Magneto :wink:
 
Originally posted by Erdem
how can I induct and even focus my magnetic field (like laser beam) from my finger (look "kirlian photo" from google) to the other persons body.

Simpel: attach a magnet to your finger. This works better with a bigger magnet. :smile:
 
Originally posted by futz
Sure, but he's no Magneto :wink:
So maybe he's trying to be Magneto. May I suggest more iron (ferrous) in your diet?
 
Originally posted by Erdem
how can I induct and even focus my magnetic field (like laser beam) from my finger (look "kirlian photo" from google) to the other persons body. i call this acu-energy. some call bio-energy.

some call it ...

look here:
http://skepdic.com/kirlian.html
 
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I did a google search and noticed most sites on this bogus topic wanted to sell you something.
Here's an even better page by a guy who is really into the Kirlian effect while understanding it is NOT an aura. So he takes it seriously, but he also understands what's really going on.

http://www.geocities.com/lemagicien_2000/kfpage/kf.html
 
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Static buildup is often caused by the friction rubbing of your bodies skin and hairs against various clothing, or from various clothing to verarious other cloths (i.e. carpets, fur, rugs, etc..), which basically builds up a static charge on your body. When you come in close contact with someone or something that does not have a charge of equal field strength, or has an opposite charged field, or a charge that is of much greater field strength than yours, then the two fields will attract each other and discharge.

This static build up and discharge occures pretty much constantly on your body each and every day, however the voltage and currents produced are usually so small that you do not notice it.

To make a charge and discharge it at will, you would need to create some sort of static field generator. However, controlling where the static field will discharge would of course be the much more complecated thing.

Good luck. Think Safe!
 
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Originally posted by speso72

To make a charge and discharge it at will, you would need to create some sort of static field generator. However, controlling where the static field will discharge would of course be the much more complecated thing.

Good luck. Think Safe!

You could create a constant static charge at your fingertip, but the reaction between it and an object which you'd be likely to find in everyday life wouldn't be that great unless the object had a particularly powerful charge. If you wanted to make large exchanges of electrical energy between you and average objects, you should make some machine to give you a large positive or negative charge, that way you'd react greatly with most any object you could find. In order to be safe you could build yourself a rubber body suit with a built in oxygen tank and go around zapping anything you want.

There would be a big problem with focusing your energy at will, since it would just go to the thing which had the greatest opposing charge that it could. Maybe if you had a sort of metal wire which you could fire at an object and then transfer the electricity through that it could work.

Then again, you might as well get a tazer...
 

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