The State Department has not provided further details about the medical condition of the affected staffers. But government officials have suggested anonymously that the diplomats may have been assaulted with some sort of sonic weapon.
Experts in acoustics, however, say that's a theory more appropriate to a James Bond movie.
Sound can cause discomfort and even serious harm, and researchers have explored the idea of sonic weaponry for years. But scientists doubt a hidden ultrasound weapon can explain what happened in Cuba.
"I'd say it's fairly implausible," said Jürgen Altmann, a physicist at the Technische Universität Dortmund in Germany and an expert on acoustics.
Once again, the New York Times gets it wrong. James Bond is not the movie genre they're looking for.
mrpg also brings us this less-critical AP report, What Americans Heard in Cuba Attacks: The Sound.
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:12PM (7 children)
No.
In the context of the discussion, an improvement would have to be something better than normal.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:24PM (6 children)
And here, normal is a vitamin A-deficient diet. There's no point to this argument.
(Score: 3, Touché) by NewNic on Thursday October 19 2017, @11:05PM (5 children)
We know that, wherever you are, normal means deficient, but I don't think that the deficiencies are limited to your diet.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 20 2017, @02:51PM (4 children)
You once again seized on a red herring (in the above example net immigration to California is completely irrelevant to whether more Californians are immigrating to Colorado and other nearby states than people from the rest of the US) and start ad hominem attacking. Here's your gold star for participation!
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Friday October 20 2017, @04:54PM (3 children)
Am I starting to needle you? Good.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 20 2017, @05:33PM (2 children)
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Friday October 20 2017, @07:03PM (1 child)
The truth hurts some times, doesn't it?
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 20 2017, @07:10PM