Like the Romans used to drink from lead cups. Something like that.

(it appears that the moderator is removing any replies with which he disagrees. It might be a piefed issue. But all the removed replies are top level and upopular. Stranger coincidences have happened I suppose.)

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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    15 hours ago
    1. your indoors, not being physically active
    2. your indoors, not grounding
    3. your indoors, not getting natural sunlight
    4. blue light receptors in the eyes (and other things) drive hormonal regulation and circadian rhythm in the body, extended blue light outside of normal “daylight” hours can disrupt hormonal function.
        • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
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          6 hours ago

          Huh. I am not ruling out that there may be something to it, but this article somehow triggers my bullshit detector. A lot of very flowery language, with what looks to me like wild speculation. And some of the claims about electricity are just… weird.

          G Chevalier and JL Oschman are independent contractors for EarthFx Inc., the company sponsoring earthing research, and own a small percentage of shares in the company. Richard Brown is an independent contractor for EarthFx Inc., the company sponsoring earthing research.

          Ah yes, here we go. Doesn’t inspire confidence in them being unbiased.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        11·
        8 hours ago

        Yup! ⏚ - when your outside touching the ground with your feet, you have a different potential… shoes in a office… your just floating.

        • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Wearing rubber slippers, measured against (presumably) good ground. Granted, my voltmeter is absolute trash, but I can do it with a decent benchtop one at work and I’m confident the value will be similar.

          I’d be much more concerned about EMI / “electro-smog”, all the electromagnetic fields and radio emissions around us. Those are very much measurable, they don’t really care about any arbitrary concept like “ground potential” whatever that might be, and your body works like a (bad) antenna, if you want it or not.

          I am still not particularly concerned about them, fuck, I work in microwave tech and am a ham radio guy, if it has any negative effects, I’m certain I’ll notice them first. I also occasionally drink, sometimes eat meat, exist in a car-rich environment, am full of microplastic and exercise way too litte, so it is still very far down the list of my health concerns.