Has anyone ever heard of the 'Philadelphis Experiment?
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Yes, I read about it.\n\nHere's the Navy's official version:\nhttp://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq21-1.htm
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Well..Scientific experiment or no, there is a new thing out that when it becomes more popular amoung the general public, I'm SURE it will create quite some controversy..The thing I am talking about are called, GenPets. They are genetically created pets, and I think they are cloned using a splice between a human child and a mole..That's what they look like, and believe it or not, next year, they will be coming available for purchase..Go check out the website for them, i'll leave it on the source thing..It's amazing actually..Living and funtioning clones, and for a pet at that..Biogenetic engineering is such a controversial thing, but I believe if scientists could actually hoan the full potential of it and not just goof around with it, it would be VERY useful!!\nHttp://www.GenPets.com
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Yes I have heard of it.  On Discovery Channel's Mythbusters they tested it out and proved it false.  They had diapers on and everything.
431547
Fascinating and tongue-twisting idea.  Why not do a research project on this?
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Never heard of it.  Have you tried Mathworld or Wikipedia?
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Have heard of it, but do not know anything about it. U cud try the website below
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I believe this methodological approach compares data from observation of natural phenomena, rather than controlled experiments, to make a credible claim. It may not be feasible, legal, or ethical to do certain experiments, so you basically have to look at what's happening in nature to infer conclusions. Maybe try looking up 'natural experiment' or 'comparative method?'
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Are you talking about Dr. Emoto's experiments?
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Ahhh, the government has already tried that trick on us before..naughty naughty naughty...thou shalt not tell a lie!!!  I'd have to see it with my own two peepers, and even then, after I checked "it" out, naw, possibly some mutants that the government let out the back door of someone's science experiment.  Sad but true. Oh my what we don't know what's going on under our noses.  :(
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go try it and let us know..might be a fun little experiment
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I haven't, but I have a friend who has seen one.\n\nHe talks about it all the time.  He has told me that it is one of the most amazing things he has every seen.\n\nInteresting, he has the same initials as you.
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I never heard of this?\n\nLC
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Nope, can't say that I have. But it sounds interesting. Let me know what you find out!
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That's what they say.  I haven't seen it work in action yet.  Most of those who have set something free, it didn't come back.  I'm running my own experiment, so maybe I'll have an answer for you then.
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No never heard of it.....but i will google it now.....i'm desperate.....\nthis is what i found....\n\nhttp://www.rainbowinvestigations.com/story.cfm?rainbowID=227
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Don't know. That is thefirst I have ever heard of that. I need to do more research on it.
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According to a great biography on Ben Franklin written by Walter Isaacson, Ben Franklin actually did this experiment, and related it to his friend Peter Collinson in a letter that BF also printed in his Pennsylvania Gazette. Here is what is fishy - BF waited 4 months after the experiment to tell his buddy and publish it, even though word of similar French experiments had also surfaced about 3 weeks before BF's publication. One reason he may have waited on this so long is because BF thought it interesting but not groundbreaking. As BF relates the experiment, he did fly a kite (with a small metal rod mounted on it) in stormy weather and noticed the dripping wet line growing unusually taught. He touched his knuckle to the key on the line and drew a spark. He does not mention actual lightning hitting the kite. What I personally think happened (and I am an electronics technician) is that his kite with the metal rod was soaking up the negative electrons present in large amounts in a storm. The ground, and our friend BF was positively charged, and when he brought his knuckle close to the key, the charges equalized  - wallah - a spark! This is the same thing that happens when you get shocked by static electricity. You can see the spark, especially a strong one, when you shuffle across the carpet and touch something metal. However, such a charge might contain a potential of tens of thousands of volts, but little current and thus be harmless, just like static electricity. Had he taken an actual lightning hit I am sure he would have mentioned it had he survived. It seems that once his account got out it was embellished by other newspeople somewhat, although the story is rooted in truth. A sidenote - BF can be considered the inventor of and a strong proponent of lightning rods. These he did much experimenting with , and is credited with saving many buildings in the New England area and elsewhere. It is interesting to note that when his lightning rods took a hit, they were usually destroyed (and these were heavy metal rods!)