That of course assumes that they believe what they spew. Its quite
hip to be anti nuke green guys on the west coast , and other places. and
lucrative too.
The mind is pretty powerful. How often have you heard of otherwise
health people who feared retirement, dying shortly after retirement,
or a spouse dying within a short period of the demise of thier loved one
with no other apparent reason. "he/she worried himself/herself
sick!" is an old saying perhaps with a basis in truth.
Tom Hazlett
Don't blame anyone else for my opinions,
their mine and I stand by them alone. <G>
John Flood wrote:
>>> "Jerry Cohen"
<jjcohen@prodigy.net> 02/06/01 01:58pm
>>>
>Does the phenomenon work both
>ways? For example, would a genuine
>belief in the occurrence of harmful
>effects of exposure to DU cause
>increased harmful effects...It seems to me that if an antiplacebo
effect exists, those with the most
intense paranoia about radiation,
i.e., "every photon's a killer"
(Goffman, Stewart, Wing, Alec Baldwin)
would all be dead of cancer by now.More to the point: is there any
evidence in any medical arena of
psychosomatic cancer? It seems like it
would be a little tough to cause
cancer by pursuasion.Bob Flood
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