On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:41:04PM -0500, Dan Nave wrote: > Personally, I *prefer* magical thinking... > > Dan >
You are not alone. :) For many years, "I refuse to be ill" was my mantra, and I was sure it was the main reason for my excellent health. However in spite of that, at age 42 I did contract a debillitating MRSA, and after nearly losing everything to it I began to realize that magical thinking has its limits (at least for me it did). Clearly, people who are ill and suffering need more. We need real science. Imagine my chagrin, when finally I submitted myself to the care of doctors after avoiding them all my life, to learn that they were just shills for the big pharmaceutical companies, and that most medical research is also completely skewed by those same comapanies! It didn't take long for me to realize that the notion of nature holding the key to health was infinitely more sensible than the profit-driven patent medicine model. I find it rather tragic and more than a bit frustrating that "real science" is missing (and even dismissed) in so much of the field of "alternative treatments". IMO this is as bad in its way as "real science" being corrupted by Big Pharma. People suffer and die needlessly over it. Fortunately, with CS I have definitely stumbled upon something that is working. I wish I knew more about the why, but how can I argue with success? > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Indi [mailto:indule...@comcast.net] > > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 1:34 PM > > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Subject: Re: CS>blue moons revisited > > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:57:20PM +0000, M. G. Devour wrote: > > > Someone asks Ken: > > > > >> What mehod did you use to verify that it was still ionic and > > > > >> unchanged? > > > > > > Ken wrote: > > > > > ## EC meter. > > > > > Colloids don't conduct electricity. > > > > > > Indi replies: > > > > That is incorrect. Even tap water will conduct electricity. > > > > > > I say: > > > > > > Huh? Any tap water I've ever seen or heard of has scads of > > dissolved > > > minerals in it, which provide ions that make it hightly conductive. > > > > > > > That is true. > > > > > As far as any of our sages have ever been able to determine, > > > conductivity meters can only pick up the effect of ions. To > > the extent > > > colloidal particles exist in your brew, they won't > > contribute to the > > > conductivity. > > > > > > > What I mean is that measuring for conductivity is no > > guarantee of ionic silver specifically, particularly if the > > solution in question is five years old. Truly gas-tight > > containers certainly exist, but are not the norm (that's the > > reason sealed packaging exists). If you place your solution > > in a bottle or jar and just screw the lid on, five years > > later you will have had all sorts of chemical activity going > > on in that container. (unless it was stored in the dark in a > > vacuum, and the cap as well as the container is glasss). You > > can measure for conductivity, but that will not give proof of > > a given solution being "unchanged". > > > > I don't mean to get into an argument or anything, but it's > > just the way things are. Ionic solutions are volatile (have a > > short shelf life), and are photo-sensitive by nature. That is > > why medicinal ionic solutions (for insstance those commonly > > known as "iodine" and "mercurachrome") always came packaged > > in brown glass bottles. > > > > When someone tells me he kept some ionic solution for five > > years and measuring for conductivity "proved" the solution > > was still pristine, I feel obligated to point out that he has > > not proved that at all. > > It is hard enough to determine proper facts in this field of > > study, after all. > > > > BTW, one can easily test this at home; measure the > > conductivity of a jar of plain distilled water, then store > > the jar for a few months, then measure again. > > You will see much more conductivity after. :) > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > > > >
