There's an urban legend that's been floating around for years claiming that the radio waves from mobile phones can cause brain cancer. Actually, I wouldn't be willing to fully put the 'urban legend' stamp on that claim... it seems like there may be a few elements of truth to it. But anyway, now some people are going to the opposite extreme, arguing that not only do mobile phones not cause brain cancer, but that they actually help the brain work better and make you smarter. How? Because the phones held next to your head act like little radiators and, according to David Butler,
"that heating effect actually improves the neuron transfers between neural pathways, and therefore your thinking ability goes up". Amazingly enough, Mr. Butler doesn't work for a phone company. He's the head of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations in Britain. But the BBC
quotes many experts who completely dismiss Mr. Butler's strange argument.
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Mr. Butler is nuts.
Except in cases of extreme hypothermia, heat stroke, or high fevers, none of which are good for the brain, the body makes sure the brain stays about the same temperature all the time.
In any case, my very limited experience with cellular phones tells me they don't produce all that much heat.
But even if there were some kind of benefit to warming up the brain; hasn'nt anybody told this guy about hats?
Hats on the other hand might help brain power but the sure help hearing. If anyones ever worn a large rimed hat they know what I'm saying, its like a satellite dish.
Once I was standing in line behind someone on their cell. Apaprently it was a woman who was trying to set up a loan for a home for a real estate purchase. She was giving her clients info over the phone...Names, address, DOB, phone #s, Social Security info. I had half a mind to call up her 'client' and let them know that I had all of their info, thanks to their Agent. Her cell was not making her smarter.