SomeGuy said:
Peerless67 said:
This experiment could be carried out under controlled condition inside ?
Take 2 identical planters.
obtain enough soil to fill both containers with enough soil to fill them both compacted, also the soil should come from the same place and be thouroughly mixed before sharing it between the two planters.
Use a metal detector over the soil to ensure you are not introducing metalic objects into the experiment.
Fill one planter with soil and compact it.
Fill the second partly and place your gold/silver sample, then fill it the rest of the way and compact it.
If you have a uv light source availiable use it during daylight hours to heat the soil in the 2 containers for a few weeks, alternatively place the containers in a spot in the sun ensuring both get the same exposure to sunlight.
When enough time has passed place the 2 containers 1 at a time in the same spot and "photograph" them.
Does this seem like a scientifically sound experiment ?
If so only one container should give off an aura ?
You need 3 people:
Person 1 mixes the soil and plants the metal, labeling each planter "A" or "B" on the bottom where the labels can't be seen. Person 1 leaves the area, person 2 enters and randomly selects the containers and moves them to their final location, next to each other where they are exposed to the same conditions. Person 3 photographs both containers in one photo and looks for aura.
Actually, this still won't do it, since the photographer/ image processor has a 50/50 chance of "guessing" correctly; to be statistically significant, you need a minimum sample size of 30.
This sounds like one of those blind tests, but I don't know if it would be a single blind test, or a double blind test. I wonder if one could find enough blind followers to participate in this test?
Actually, I don't know how well this type of test would work using planters. I've been mulling over the idea of "Aura's" and while I was initially, and continue to be somewhat sceptical, there may be some aspects of the idea that aren't totally inconceivable.
As admitted by posters to this topic, what I am seeing in the pictures posted here, isn't really an aura, it is an "enhanced" digital image that has been altered using software. And I could do similar things with photoshop to morph a tree into pointing at an "anomaly". That doesn't mean that there isn't something to the idea, just that the science isn't supporting the claimed observations. With this in mind, I thought I'd chime in and throw around a few ideas that could be possible causes of an "aura" detectable by unaltered digital imagery, that could be tested in a real world environment.
Firstly, while I don't know and established science doesn't seem to know, of any "emanations" caused by gold, silver and other precious metals that would result in an "aura" being detected by a digital imaging device, that doesn't mean that it couldn't happen. Depending on the brand of digital camera, (there are differences between brands), it is possible detect images beyond the normal human range of sight and viewing infrared images, where there are infrared emissions to be detected, is an example of that. Other wavelengths can also be viewed using the right filters in combination with an emission source for that frequency. An example of this would be the security features embedded in common currency that are only visible using UV, and in some cases IR lighting, in combination with the appropriate filters for viewing.
What I'm thinking, is that maybe what is being detected, is not an aura emanating from a gold, silver, or other type of deposit, but rather from an interaction involving a combination of factors, that could include common background radiation, radon gas, common chemicals in the soil, and moisture in combination with temperature and light variations, etc. I know that scientists would normally like to measure possible causes of a claim involving an "aura" such as this in a controlled laboratory environment, but I don't know if it would be possible to recreate all the potential conditions in a laboratory setting.
So, while I'm not going to jump on the "Aura" bandwagon, I'm not going to totally dismiss the idea either. But, any time I see digital images altered using software that claim to illustrate some form of treasure lurking beneath, I'll take it with a grain of salt.
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, one in particular, was a PhD in Geology. He couldn't, literally pour it out of a boot with out help.
