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Originally Posted by duck_duck
If cell phone radiation were the cause then why is it happening now and not years ago?
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The answer starts by first learning underlying details. What frequencies are used for cell phones? What was using those frequencies 20 years ago?
The damning part. The authors probably have no idea and never asked - which is why English and communication majors are so easily deceived. Not because they did not know the answer. Because their education was so deficient as to not even learn they needed to ask such questions. Educations based in a grasp of reality results in one who never knows something until a grasp of underlying facts and reality is provided. Latter would then know such details are necessary.
A perfect example: Mr A sees light bulbs burn out when power is applied. Therefore that is proof that power cycling causes light bulb damage. Reality is different. Power cycling does not damage light bulbs. Hours of operation cause that destruction. But since Mr A never learned why he knows nothing by only using observation, then Mr A jumped to junk science conclusions.
Article implies same thinking: conclusions based only on observation because the authors did even ask simple questions such as which frequencies, how much power, and relationships between specific bee hive failures and cell phone service.
Most damning is that they even mentioned a brain cancer myth - which is exactly like Mr A claiming power on caused light bulb failure. Again, that is why English and communication majors are 'exampled' as how junk science gets created. Why must underlying facts and principles be learned? Where do authors even suggest or imply a grasp of how bees navigate? Only studies I saw reported that bees navigate by visually watching the sun. Why did they 'forget' to ask how bees navigate? It required then to think more like someone trained in science and reality.
Again, I still find the speculation intriguing. I wish the reporters had bothered to report relevant details rather than junk science myths about cell phones and brain tumors.