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jeff47

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15. In the future, you may want to post a summary or

Reply to Quixote1818 (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 11:38 AM

Feb 2015

a transcription of a key part of the video. Lots of people will not watch videos for lots of reasons.

My particular case:
1) I'm at work.
2) It takes a video 15 minutes to say something I can read in 2 minutes.
3) Videos are designed to engage the watcher and drag them along to the conclusion the person making the video wants. That's much harder to do in print, resulting less skepticism when watching a video.
4) Videos can't provide links as easily to back up their claims, and it's easier to search from text when they do not back up their claims.

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Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors? [View all] Quixote1818 Feb 2015 OP

The manuals say to hold the phone 5/8 in away from your ear/head. Do you? TheNutcracker Feb 2015 #1

I'm more interested in research into whether or not bluetooth earpieces and headsets cause Chakab Feb 2015 #2

BT radios are a tiny fraction of the power levels involved in a cell phone. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #6

Self delete, not worth it. freshwest Feb 2015 #12

Babies and small children can get brain tumors. mucifer Feb 2015 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Feb 2015 #14

To cause cancer from RF, you have to break a chemical bond. jeff47 Feb 2015 #16

Yes they do. DeSwiss Feb 2015 #3

No they dont. Did you even watch the video? He shreads the idea that they do Quixote1818 Feb 2015 #4

Nobody reads past the headline. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #5

In the future, you may want to post a summary or jeff47 Feb 2015 #15

Tip: If your argument relies on "sheeple", your argument is wrong. jeff47 Feb 2015 #17

no, all cell phones do is tell you about tumors, autism & Alzheimer's rates as you drink & eat & Sunlei Feb 2015 #7

Is there an ap to find out? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #8

They make a lot of the people I know who use them seemingly brain dead & socially inept . . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #9

I would never get brain cancer if cell phones were to cause brain cancer adieu Feb 2015 #10

I know they make people act very stupid Skittles Feb 2015 #11

I Had a Friend Who Was Absolutely Glued to His Cell Phone panfluteman Feb 2015 #18

What a pantload of crap... Thor_MN Feb 2015 #19