Reply #90: I Don't Remember

[ProfessorGAC]

It's in today's Chicago Tribune. I will tend to stick with the academics on this one.

And, let's remember that Mythbusters (which is one of my favorite shows) is done to keep the concepts simple, and that neither guy is actually a scientist. Most of the experiments are solidly designed, but there are flaws in some of the methodology, from time to time. And, they are limited to the amount of time and number of experiments they can run since they so many projects to film over the course of a season. They do not do exhaustive studies, and they don't claim to.

The purpose of this study (from the paper) was to determine if positioning and communications systems would see problems from this. Since those require antennae, no amount of shielding will prevent interference.

In addition, all good quality audio and instrumentation cabling is shielded, but even the RF from flourescent light can cause interference, even if just by evanescence.



The Professor