Eric's Page examining
Promises that could improve your life
· Ionizers These little units in the 1970's were promised to improvehealth, concentration, impurities. They had lots of evidence butcertainly didn't stand the test of time
pyramid power
Who remembers the promise of getting extra shaves from razors put underthese. This fad is due for a rebirth.
allergies cause all your problems
There may be a grain of truth to such claims in some cases. Usually it'sjust neurotic people that claim they have bad reactions to things. I knewof a lady who said she was allergic to any kind of vitamin (which is absurdbecause they are naturally occurring
Happy Light!
In the 1980's people were making a mint claiming that certain colors oflight would great lift spirits and improve ones performance.
clean those repressed memories
Your neurosis is not your own fault, someone must have treated you reallybad - pay thousands to relive it.
Happy Smells
In the early 1990's products were sold that improve what ever ails youby giving positive smells.
Happy Sounds
(maybe this an help) My new age loving counselor was into play fruit backgroundsounds of whales, bird calls, the ocean. I admit it sounded soothing
bio rhythms
It's not your fault you have bad days, you must just know how to predictthem. Send 10$ for a bio-rythmm calculator. I got conned into buying oneof these in 1975
positive thinking classes
remove silver fillings – this was a scam telling people all their problems are from metal based fillings
align energy fields
avoid artificial foods -
check what the stars say - people say you can find out what eachday is going to be like - sorry, but it turns out that Astrology is crap
meditate - remember everyone swearing by TM - how many people doit now (turns out that whole movement was part of a cult.
sleep oriented north to south - I heard this would turn your lifearound
Sky cars - I remember that every issue of Popular ScienceMagazine would have some inspirational "pie in the sky" dream likethis on the cover. The Moller carhas been promised for decades and only sucks down investment dollars.
Beware of the free energy promises of JoeNewman , DennisLee , Amin,Mills(who may be legit?) and Tewari.
· remember promises of solar energy? Well, here'sanother viewpoint
I recommend the following group for examing paranormal claims:
· A fair criticismof the skeptical movement
Comments can be sent to eric@voicenet.comI'm
happy to publish critical responses to my claims.