On Aug 8, 2008, at 1:26 AM, David Jonsson wrote:
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Robin van Spaandonk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:37:57
-0800:
Hi,
IIRC nerve cells conduct through a process of K+ Na+ exchange. I
don't think
they are electrically very conducting, hence any such signal would
likely be
heavily damped, and result mostly in heat. The considerable
processing power of
the human brain is due primarily to vast parallel processing,
rather than a
"fast" processor.
Axons are not good as antennas since currents travel only in radial
direction.
The ion exchange mechanism refers to the manner in which nerve
impulses travel. This has nothing to do with the manner in which
nerves might be externally stimulated, nor with the manner
electromagnetic waves can travel longitudinally across the cytoplasm
surface. Clearly, cytoplasm is an electrolyte, and thus a
conductor. Brain function is readily disturbed by fairly low induced
voltages cause by even low frequency fields induced by low voltage
coils. Voltages induced longitudinally in axons, provided the
voltages are large enough, can result in ordinary potentials across
the synapses, which can then effect ordinary nerve impulses if in the
necessary pre-condition to do so. However, that is not the important
thing with regard to stimulation at microwave frequencies. Neurons
do not fire at microwave frequencies. What matters are things like
the fact that even at fairly low voltages, molecules like starches
can be polymerized by microwave radiation, and water molecules can be
converted into hydrogen peroxide. It is well known that oxidants are
cancer related, yet many people produce them en mass in their
microwave ovens and then consume them daily. My contention also goes
beyond this to say that nerves and blood vessels can act as antennae
for microwave radiation and concentrate its effects, as well as
amplify the induced voltage at selected places through low Q resonances.
Meat absorbs microwave energy fairly well, else it wouldn't cook.
Get some calves brain and put it in a microwave oven for a while and
see what happens. This of course doesn't prove my point about the
existence of voltage multiplying low Q resonances, but it does
demonstrate that, despite the fact the microwave photons are non-
ionizing, they can perform significant chemical changes in the brain.
When it comes to cancer, it is only necessary to create a few
cancerous cells, and mitosis handles the rest. That is to say it is
only necessary to do enough genetic damage such that a single cell,
or small cluster of cells, is genetically changed yet still
reproduces. A fairly low Q energy focusing effect, even if the
energy is focused in a microscopic volume, can be capable of
achieving ionizing effects.
Even without energy focusing effects, microwave energy can create
oxidants, and long term exposure to oxidants in cytoplasm can create
genetic damage. This kind of damage will not be picked up in short
term exposure studies, i.e. studies of less than a year, and
differing subjects will have highly different sensitivities to long
term exposure to high oxidant concentrations. Beyond this, it is
very clear to me that there exist mechanisms of conduction in
electrolytes that involve more than just heavy ion movements, and
which are near light speed. I found this out while experimenting
with a 10 meter long electrolytic cell made of plastic tubing. See:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/Ecell10m.pdf
This was a very amateurish investigation, and I often think of re-
doing it, since I have much better equipment now, but it always seems
to be a very low priority compared to other things. However, it
clearly establishes the existence of a non-heavy-ion conduction
mechanism, and thus the feasibility of resonance at microwave
frequencies. It would be interesting to revisit this with the intent
to also establish HF longitudinally resonant conditions.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
