The article talks about tissue itself emitting light. By what mechanism would this light produce a "bright outline about 1cm thick"? Lamps etc. don't produce such an outline.
It doesn't. If you computed the energy cost to produce this I'm pretty sure you should waste away from shining not to mention that this would be visible to all people not just "sensitive" folks.
The article specifically states that this light is NOT visible to humans:
> UPE, also known as biophoton emission, is a spontaneous release of extremely low-intensity light that is invisible to the human eye and falls within the spectral range of 200–1,000 nm.
HN has always had plenty of skepticism towards ideas that are incompatible with mainstream science, because it's just a microcosm of broader society, with a particular focus on tech.
I'd hope people here can be kind and tolerant enough to be accepting of other people's experiences and values, but it's important for all of us to avoid antagnoizing fellow community members with pre-emptive taunts about downvotes.
Downvotes is the natural allergic reaction to alien ideas. Science to many isn't just a theory equal among others, but a religion, a part of their identity that they are very defensive about. The core postulate of this religion is that everything can be reduced to concepts understandable by their minds and replicated in a mechanical experiment, or it doesn't exist. If a few dozens of people could reliably demonstrate that they see the same aura, that would be a disaster for science as a religion, because a phenomenon apparently exists, yet you can't build an aura detector. On the other hand, this defensiveness is necessary to protect the science, for if you start admitting alien ideas without their assimilation, the science will fall apart.
> If a few dozens of people could reliably demonstrate that they see the same aura, that would be a disaster for science as a religion, because a phenomenon apparently exists, yet you can't build an aura detector.
I fundamentally disagree with the idea that science is a religion to many people, but even if it was, I don't think what you said is a necessary conclusion.
If people objectively and reproducibly saw the same aura, it would allow scientists to actually study the phenomenon & try to build an aura detector. Since (AFAIK) this hasn't happened, science can't approach the topic due to the objective basis missing. But you're assuming that these auras would automatically be non-material, which doesn't seem like a fair assumption - given that we don't seem to have encountered any such thing so far.
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The article talks about tissue itself emitting light. By what mechanism would this light produce a "bright outline about 1cm thick"? Lamps etc. don't produce such an outline.
It doesn't. If you computed the energy cost to produce this I'm pretty sure you should waste away from shining not to mention that this would be visible to all people not just "sensitive" folks.
The article specifically states that this light is NOT visible to humans:
> UPE, also known as biophoton emission, is a spontaneous release of extremely low-intensity light that is invisible to the human eye and falls within the spectral range of 200–1,000 nm.
Light of those wavelenghts is not visible to humans.
Come on, this is mega basic ...
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>Downvotes are no surprise here though.
Yeah, HN has become quite hostile, no wonder why their numbers are sinking.
Also, people don't follow through arguments anymore, one reply then disappear, extremely weak strawmams, etc.
You tell people they're wrong and you get "watch your tone" back.
Sad as this used to be a great community!
HN has always had plenty of skepticism towards ideas that are incompatible with mainstream science, because it's just a microcosm of broader society, with a particular focus on tech.
I'd hope people here can be kind and tolerant enough to be accepting of other people's experiences and values, but it's important for all of us to avoid antagnoizing fellow community members with pre-emptive taunts about downvotes.
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Downvotes is the natural allergic reaction to alien ideas. Science to many isn't just a theory equal among others, but a religion, a part of their identity that they are very defensive about. The core postulate of this religion is that everything can be reduced to concepts understandable by their minds and replicated in a mechanical experiment, or it doesn't exist. If a few dozens of people could reliably demonstrate that they see the same aura, that would be a disaster for science as a religion, because a phenomenon apparently exists, yet you can't build an aura detector. On the other hand, this defensiveness is necessary to protect the science, for if you start admitting alien ideas without their assimilation, the science will fall apart.
Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> If a few dozens of people could reliably demonstrate that they see the same aura, that would be a disaster for science as a religion, because a phenomenon apparently exists, yet you can't build an aura detector.
I fundamentally disagree with the idea that science is a religion to many people, but even if it was, I don't think what you said is a necessary conclusion.
If people objectively and reproducibly saw the same aura, it would allow scientists to actually study the phenomenon & try to build an aura detector. Since (AFAIK) this hasn't happened, science can't approach the topic due to the objective basis missing. But you're assuming that these auras would automatically be non-material, which doesn't seem like a fair assumption - given that we don't seem to have encountered any such thing so far.
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