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posted by martyb on Sunday July 22 2018, @03:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the drink-your-oval^Welectrolytes dept.

Hackaday does a tear-down:

This is something we’ve been waiting a very long time for. The Church of Scientology uses devices called E-Meters to measure Thetans in the body. We’re not going to discuss this further, because we don’t want to be murdered. In reality, the E-Meter is simply a device that costs five thousand dollars and only measures the resistance of the human body. It does this by having the subject hold two copper cylinders and a simple Wheatstone bridge. Why does the E-Meter cost five thousand dollars? As [Play With Junk] found out, it’s an exquisitely engineered piece of hardware.

[...] What’s most impressive is the quality of the components that go into a machine that effectively only measures the resistance of the human body. The ‘trim’ pot is a Vishay wire-wound precision potentiometer that costs somewhere between $20 and $60. The power switch is an over-specced switch that probably costs $5. The control pots look and feel great, and the wiring is wrapped around chokes.

Is it powered by Thetans? Because that would be awesome.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by rts008 on Sunday July 22 2018, @04:47AM (4 children)

    by rts008 (3001) on Sunday July 22 2018, @04:47AM (#710669)

    Is it powered by Thetans?

    You are delusional for even asking.

    Everyone knows it's powered by stupid, the most powerful force in the known(and probably unknown) universe[s], just like any other religion/scam/con. ;-)

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday July 22 2018, @10:17AM

    by Bot (3902) on Sunday July 22 2018, @10:17AM (#710705) Journal

    >just like any other religion
    Oh I see you fell for the meta-scam.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 22 2018, @12:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 22 2018, @12:29PM (#710735)

    Ah so thetans then?

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday July 22 2018, @02:42PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday July 22 2018, @02:42PM (#710765) Journal

    I thought it was mitochlorians (or whatever... not a Star Wars (newer movies/ideas/crap) fan)

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  • (Score: 2) by Zinho on Monday July 23 2018, @03:06AM

    by Zinho (759) on Monday July 23 2018, @03:06AM (#711037)

    We've known since 2001 that stupidity can be used to power an infinite energy source, per the results published by Pete Abrams. [sluggy.com] Too bad further funding got cut...
    </sarcasm>

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