The Placebo Effect IS magic, that “happens”…
Best Wishes.
What you got is suckered.
First, the Tibet part. The meteorite database has no listings for Tibet. There is apparently at least one from there, but it for some reason hasn’t been officially acknowledged and weighs less than a pound.
So it being made from a Tibetan meteorite is out. What about made from meteoritic iron in some Tibetan style? Naked-eying the wand, it is around 10 inches long. To be carved/lathed from that would require a meteorite from the largest/rarest/most expensive end of the spectrum, so that is out at the $100 range. (For contrast, look at these pistols carved from iron meteorites–that cost 4.5 million dollars.)
So it wasn’t carved. But there is still the theoretical possibility of it being cast. A very rough estimate of the dimensions is a length of 10 inches and an average diameter of 1/2 inch. That means a volume of around 7.85 c ubc inches, and a weight (going by the density of iron alone and ignoring the nickel content–still close enough for back-of-the-envelope) gives a weight of around 2.23 pounds, or just about a kilogram. Cheap iron meteorites sell for the range of 50 cents to 5 dollars per gram. So your wand would have around $500 to $5,000 worth of meteoritic content before you even consider the cost of the artwork.
Somebody saw you coming.
Is this a signout? (Which would be fine, by the way.)
I could just as reasonably say that tables are magic. They suspend things off the ground! They’re basically telekinesis!
When something is as loosely defined as the word “magic”, you can apply it to lots of different things. But when you do, the truth of one of the things doesn’t say anything one way or the other about the truth of other things. “Being called magic” isn’t enough of a connection to impart credibility to the woo things just because you call real things magic. Really all that does is water down the definition of the word even further and make a person look silly.
Too much speculation, not enough questions about the object at hand.
First it is 10 inches long and weighs almost exact 8 ounces. It was turned on a lathe, as machine marks are still evident.
Meteorites fall all over the place all the time…what are you talking about??
There are TONS of items for sale that no longer include their original cost to manufacture. What I paid is NOT what it is truly worth to me, my Dad on the other hand would not have paid $5 for it.
Maybe you don’t know what you are talking about…?
In controlled studies the placebo effect is fairly weak and mostly affects the person’s PERCEPTION of their health, not their actual health. The Wikipedia article, which I recommend that you read, says “Subsequent research has found that placebos have no impact on diseases; they can only affect the person’s perception of their own condition.” This statement is cited to four peer-reviewed journals.
There are many topics for which I don’t know what I’m talking about. Meteorites is not one of them. That official meteorite database I linked earlier? Photos of two of the meteorites there are of my specimens–and it is only 2 because I didn’t submit any of the hundreds of others that I have collected over the past couple of decades.
Let’s get back to the topic: Magnets. Magic. Why? Are you shaggy, too dopey to grasp physics? Are you violent jaywalking away from reality? Doesn’t matter. Magnets work. They’re science. End of song.
Placebos. Not magic. Body heals itself. Placebo effect is completely endogenous. Buying something for placebo effect? Idiotic. Nonsense. Done.
Ley lines. Sound like song. Ley lady ley? Spelled wrong. Must be wrong. Done.
You have no other arguments. You’re out. Done.
That’s the bottom line.
How is this not in the pit? Or at least closed?
“…they CAN affect the person’s perception of their own condition.”
So, ‘state of mind’ can affect a person’s ability to say fight an infection…
I never claimed the one could heal any milady.
You know why Karma ‘works’? Because we get what we deserve, and ‘we’ see to it. If I believe I am healthy, I live that way- drink plenty of water, eat the right foods and exercise. If someone like a doctor tells me my lifestyle is unhealthy, maybe that causes me to worry and stress, leading to a health problem.
You don’t win here by proving something doesn’t work very well, you only provided evidence that the effect is real, albeit limited under tested conditions.
Why are you trying to silence discussion?
Hundreds that you’ve collected…?
Am I missing something? You claimed NONE ever landed in Tibet. Do Tibetans know about your website?
I did a quick Ebay search, here’s one for less than $2- https://www.ebay.com/itm/Canyon-Diablo-meteorite-53-4-gram-individual/123856794431?hash=item1cd670b33f:g:Cu4AAOSwyP5dQIhd
How could you possibly claim my wand isn’t what I say?
Yes, it’s called a “bulldozer.”
Except not the ghost part.
But the hole will be real.
From the looking at it, and from the price you paid for it.
Was the dealer you bought it from a member of the IMCA? Where did you buy it?
That is a new auction with 5 days to go–here are some completed auctions for Canyon Diablo meteorites.
I bought it off Ebay- https://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Nepal-Tibet-Sky-Iron-Three-Skulls-Khatvanga-Ritual-Wand-Scepter-II/362477765026?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Etsy has several- This item is unavailable - Etsy
I know for a fact that magic wands are real. When I was at Universal Studios in Florida, the wands somehow made me pay $50 for two of them for my kids. MAGIC!
This is just sad.
So children with cancer deserve it. You definitely have a moral compass.
Please stop.
I never said anything like that.
Did you say “we get what we deserve” or not?
And you believe these were made from meteorites.
(Laughing until I faint.)