Comments on: Orgone chips review: New Age tech versus the scientific method

By: saSh

saSh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:34:56 +0000

Hello Andy

Many thanks for taking the time and energy to put up this page. I had never heard of Digital Bit Skeptic before today, and you can be sure that I’ll be back again soon! You had no idea how much I wished someone did some critical trials on this orgonite stuff. Epoxy and aluminum shavings, copper tubing and crystals, 9V battery with opal and lapis lazuli… what a bizarre trail of crumbs… thanks for elucidating, somewhat, this crazy Orgone-ite issue.

By: Andy Kaiser

Andy Kaiser — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:07:18 +0000

Tryit,

Good idea, tryit. And you'll notice I made my test completely replicatable. I intentionally did that so 1) my results can be duplicated by others, and 2) the same test methodology can be performed by others. I encourage anyone to perform the test themselves on whatever materials they want to test.

Andy

By: tryit

tryit — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:53:55 +0000

I would be interested to see the same test over different orgone maker.

By: Andy Kaiser

Andy Kaiser — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:11:10 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Philip, but the intent of this article was not to test Reich's claims. It was to test the Orgone chips per the claims of the people who sell them.

Andy

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:52:11 +0000

Orgone chips have nothing at all to do with Wilhelm Reich’s claims about orgone energy, the orgone energy accumulator, et al. Instead of investing $21.95 in buying orgone chips, the author might have bought a book or two by Reich so that he could understand Reich’s claims about orgone energy. The idea of doing controlled double blind experiments on orgone energy is important, but let’s do such testing on claims made by Reich rather than by one of the many folks on the Net who misuse the label “orgone.” I would be happy to work with Andy Kaiser to design such experiments if he is serious about testing Reich’s claims; if he is looking to get in a cheap shot against Reich, he’s done that, but little more. Philip Bennett, PhD.

By: DB Skeptic

DB Skeptic — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:22:27 +0000

If they talk about cardboard interference, that's okay. I specifically picked cardboard. Cardboard and paper products do not interfere with an electromagnetic transmissions: Link 1 and Link 2 Also remember - the electricity that we're supposed to be affecting is already sheathed inside a rubber/plastic power cable!

By: Rob Steenwyk

Rob Steenwyk — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:00:44 +0000

First of all, excellent post Andy. You are certainly getting your moneys worth out of the Kill-A-Watt :).

And how much do you want to bet that someone comes along and says that the cardboard interfered with the magical plastic + random metal effect that lowers electrical consumption?

By: gopi

gopi — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:55:41 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to run this test.

I would encourage people with doubts about the test methodology or results to first repeat the test, and see if the results you see are the same.

If you get different results, please publish them. In fact, if you get the same results, publish them. Then, if you believe that the test needs to be changed in some manner, run an alternate test and post results.

You don’t need much equipment at all to do this. If these devices do actually work, then it should be very easy to perform a repeatable test to demonstrate their efficacy.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:46:16 +0000

The cardboard containers must have interfered with the Orgone energy pattern, or maybe your assistant took out the Orgone chips and just replaced them with silly looking colored plastic blocks with junk inside.
Never doubt the power of Orgone!

By: Tim Williams

Tim Williams — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:50:51 +0000

Never even heard of the stuff but WOW does it look potent. How can it NOT work?

By: TheThomas

TheThomas — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:04:59 +0000

Wow, there is a whole world of crap behind this orgone phenomenon.