Japanese Photographer Bends Electricity to His Will

It certainly drifted that way, I can remember seeing a photo of a hand with a missing finger but a complete 5 fingered 'aura' which apparently proved something about the life force. I think the original Russian work was a bit more serious.

"apparently proved something about the life force."

Yep, that there is no shortage of gullible gits that given the right pseudoscience techno babble will believe anything. Then when the real science is shown to them they run away screaming that it's all an interplanetary conspiracy being perpetrated on us by aliens from the planet Ripemoff that have infiltrated Earth society and are now masquerading as high ranking government officials.

Hang on, is it just me or does that sound like a spiel for some sort of pseudoscience religion?

Hang on, is it just me or does that sound like a spiel for some sort of pseudoscience religion?

You could be on to something, start selling memberships & protective hats.

Since amputees report feeling pain in missing appendages, maybe there's some sort of nervous electrical discharge associated with the memory of the absent limb?

G'day gals, guys & gurus,

Phantom pain has nothing to do with electrostatic discharges but rather comes from two sources:

1. The first is the triggering of the severed nerves. If an appendage is cut off the severed nerves don't die off straight away and sometimes never. However they can still be triggered particularly so to generate tickle or itchy patches and since the brain thinks that those nerves are connected to the missing appendage the feel like they are coming from there.
2. The Second reason has to do with the brain and the way its organized. Because it expects to see messages coming from every part of the body in what is akin to a continuous stream the lack of input from a severed appendage gets it somewhat confused. Apparently when there are no inputs it decides to transfer the inputs from an adjacent section on the brain to the area not receiving signals. Now the problem with this is that the adjacent area may not have anything to do with the lost region so you can get some really confusing stimulations taking place. For example one person reported that if you tickled a small area on his cheek it would feel like the missing portion was being tickled. Thats a fairly simple example, but there can be some really strange cross overs that seem to be completely unrelated until you look at where the brain processes the missing signals and what surrounds that region.

Sorry, but if you cut something off its gone and phantom pain has nothing to do with the electrostatic discharge that this form of photography reveals.

Regards, masu