Masaru Emoto
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Masaru Emoto is a Japanese author and peddler of pseudoscience, most famously the idea that thoughts and words directed at water change the aesthetic appeal of the water crystals. Emoto's work consists of people talking to bottles of water saying either "good" words or "bad" words. Later on the water is put under high powered microscopes and photographers take pictures of nice looking crystals for the water that had "good" words and take pictures of ugly looking crystals for the water that had "bad" words.[1] Any nice looking crystals in "bad" word water, or ugly crystals in "good" word water are of course ignored. With the photos in hand Emoto then claims to have discovered a psychic link between water and humans.
Emoto's work has largely been ignored by mainstream scientists, although a few have pointed out the obvious lack of controls and subjective nature of the photographing processes that completely negate his claims. Emoto does not particularly care about science though, he is primarily interested, of course, in selling his books and promoting his expensive "seminars" and "lectures".
Emoto's take home message is that the battle for water's soul is a reflection of humanity at large, and that water crystal conversion to the good side of the force is a global imperative.
| “ | In my lectures, I talk about how water and water crystals are 10 percent goodness, 10 percent evil, and the rest — 80 percent — is opportunist. When the 10 percent that is goodness and the 10 percent that is badness in water crystals fight, then the 10 percent that is goodness wins and overpowers evilness. So, if the 10 percent of goodness would carry past that fight to the 80 percent that is opportunist, than the 80 percent will follow the goodness, not the badness.
Likewise, 10 percent of people are positive and believe in this, 10 percent are skeptical, and the other 80 percent are looking to see who wins![2] | ” |
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Video of how the crystals are photographed
- ↑ 2005 interview of Emoto by Ray Hemachandra in New Age Retailer, here, page 4.
