Now I Understand the Life Force!

[garys_2k]

I bought one of THESE!

I know it works because

The Experimental Life-Energy Meter meter works along entirely new principles quite different from any other measuring device currently on the market. Is entirely different from ordinary "EM-field" meters. It is not responsive to electromagnetic fields, nor to static magnetic or electrostatic fields. An electrostatically-charged plastic comb or wand, for example, will show no field reactions, which is quite different from the usual voltmeter, which reacts strongly.

Hey, if anybody wants to borrow mine, could you help me with the $299 I spent on it?

 

[Agammamon]

I notice that the gauge is calibrated in percentages.
How can the range dial allow you to select 10K, does this mean that at this setting to 100 mark means 10000000% lifeforce? You'd think the guys making these things up could do a better job than this. But I guess maybe they don't have to. So does this mean that there is a maximum amount of life force you can have that is the same for everyone? What does it mean if you have 50% lifeforce? Have you hooked it up to a 9VDC battery to see if it really doesn't measure EM fields? You didn't really pay $299 for this did you? I have to admit that sometimes I am tempted to buy some of the more imaginative woo-woo stuff just to have samples/toys, but what stops me is that these guys are like black holes. Any money you put into them just makes them stringer.

 

[c0rbin]

Isn't this a scientology device?

 

[Crossbow]

Is there an old vaccuum tube on top of it?

If so, then I guess that you can get something ($299 in this case) for nothing!

 

[garys_2k]

No, I didn't buy one! Maybe if I had millions of dollars to spend on truly frivolous pursuits it may be worth it for the hoot, but since I also don't "invest" in Lotto tickets that day is probably far off...

Yeah, I like the calibration of the meter, too, and this is what they say about that:

There are no standards for the measurement of life fields, and so the device is calibrated in percent units of full scale. A few of the possible experimental applications of this unique device are:

* measurement of the overall vitality of an individual
* analysis of food product for relative energetic content
* study of plants and prediction of nutrient requirements
* comparison of liquid solutions for health benefits
* scientific research into life-processes
* testing of alternate energy devices for unconventional energy fields
* experimentation with orgone accumulators and blankets

Now why doesn't my doctor have one?

Oh, but here's a tiny clue about what it may really be doing:

The Life Energy Meter contains a low-frequency, high voltage source which is coupled unipolarly through an AC current sensor to the probe. The probe emits a weak "displacement current" field into the surrounding space. The more that this energy field is absorbed, the higher is the reading on the meter. Reich discovered that this absorption is stronger in living things than in non-living things. Water and metal also yield high readings.

Wanna' bet my stud finder from Home Depot would do a better job?

 

[arcticpenguin]

Is entirely different from ordinary "EM-field" meters. It is not responsive to electromagnetic fields, nor to static magnetic or electrostatic fields. An electrostatically-charged plastic comb or wand, for example, will show no field reactions, which is quite different from the usual voltmeter, which reacts strongly.

This is a needle gauge. A modern electronic meter will have higher impedance and therefore be more sensitive to static electricity.

 

[Agammamon]

The Life Energy Meter contains a low-frequency, high voltage source which is coupled unipolarly through an AC current sensor to the probe. The probe emits a weak "displacement current" field into the surrounding space. The more that this energy field is absorbed, the higher is the reading on the meter. Reich discovered that this absorption is stronger in living things than in non-living things. Water and metal also yield high readings.

So what they're saying is that this thing emits an EM field and measures its absorption. So in effect it does measure EM fields.