Comments on: Popular Science has a ways to go

By: RebaHoward

RebaHoward — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:59:54 +0000

That's known that cash can make people disembarrass. But what to do if somebody doesn't have money? The one way is to try to get the mortgage loans and just sba loan.

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:36:20 +0000

It’s not silly amusement though. Quack medical treatments KILL PEOPLE who use them instead of actual efficacious medical treatments.

By: Madison Marbury

Madison Marbury — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:53:01 +0000

I think William of green (not orange?) has the right idea. Instead of being outraged over something that is so clearly silly nonsense, just enjoy the amusement. That’s what I have always done.

By: William (green)

William (green) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:42:44 +0000

I think it’s more that they don’t care than that they’re actively endorsing it. You could argue that they’re implying endorsement by allowing the ads to be run in their magazine, but I’ve always enjoyed the cheesy ads at the end, which is where this ad was, I bet.

I mean, have you seen the smaller ads after that section? There are ads for all kinds of things. I think I saw DIY plans for a Moray free energy generator. You see that kind of stuff and you think “Aw… how cute!”, right?

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:58:30 +0000

Well, this shit is in POPULAR science, much like POP music it has no actual merit yet has widespread success due to appealing to the base instincts of “normal” people everywhere. If you find this disturbing then you are simply not in the target demographic of the paper, and should read some unpopular yet scientifically accurate magazine instead.

By: God

God — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:56:06 +0000

this is a scam.
only i have holy water.
bond angles cannot be increased.
they would just break.
not to mention that by adding ten degrees to each angle, the total of the angle degrees will exceed 360 degrees.
and that makes about as much sense as me throwing myself off a cliff and flying away on a space heater while wearing purple shoes and singing silly songs about dinosaurs and jelly beans.

nuff said.

By: D. Michael Agin

D. Michael Agin — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:54:55 +0000

Unfortunately the advertisor is playing on the illnesses of those searching for a cure. Remember when Steve McQueen went to Mexico to cure his cancer? He died you know grasping for straws for “the cure”.
Popular Science should be ashamed of itself — but they are not.
Shades of P.T. Barnum and those on TV selling you “cleansing products”.
Then again there are those who try to sell you their “Holy Water” and “Prayer Cloth”.
I have written to Popular Science requesting that they stop these type of ads — I do not think that they will. Maybe I will cance my new subscription.
Dr. D.Michael Agin

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:35:29 +0000

Thanks for the clarification Matthew, it’s been awhile since I took chemistry and I am indeed rusty on this stuff. When the ad mentioned hydrogen bonds I was thinking the bonds that attach the hydrogen atoms to the oxygen atoms — which are, as you point out, actually called covalent bonds. It’s all coming back to me now from chemistry class in ninth grade.

By: Matthew Brewer

Matthew Brewer — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:10:24 +0000

I’m a High School Chemistry Teacher (Soap Lake High School, Soap Lake WA). Hydrogen Bonds are what hold two water molecules together. If you break the hydrogen bonds you will separate individual water molecules (form water vapor). You must break the covalent bonds in water to release gaseous hydrogen and oxygen.

Hope this helps.

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:57:35 +0000

Hehe, manual blog spam (he managed to pass the CAPTCHA). I’ve snipped out the URLs so he doesn’t get any benefit out of this spam. I’m leaving the rest of the message up because it’s an interesting tactic. “I am a chemmist” indeed. Hey, I’m a brian surgoen, would you let me operate on you?

By: james rindsleisch

james rindsleisch — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:52:49 +0000

I am a chemmist and there is no way you can change the molecular structure of a water molecule without using a particle accelerator or a nuclear reactor and then it is unstable.

However there is an additive to water that improves acidity of the body and provides 3000ORAC units of antioxidant potential. It can also neutralize the chlorine in your water. More info [URL removed] that provide more insite.

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:58:15 +0000

It’s the same principle though. Breaking the bonds in water (whatever type they may be) will give you hydrogen and oxygen. The angle of the bonds is a consequence of some pretty fundamental physical laws, which certainly can’t be overriden by whatever scam device these snake oil connoisseurs are trying to peddle.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:43:11 +0000

Wow, I’m really not a scientist. I was thinking of covalent bonds, and I’m not really sure what a hydrogen bond is or how it would be special.

Anyway!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:41:08 +0000

You've been punk-assed, too. Correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm not a chemist, but if you '[break] down the hydrogen bonds in water', don't you get gaseous hydrogen and oxygen out of it? You know, hydrolysis?