Pursuant to Caroline’s posting of the Goddard advertisement in the SkyMall catalog, I thought I would post my favorite.
The work of Goddard and his dancing olives caught my eye, but my favorite is still the CREO MUNDI hoody:
The advertisement uses the syllogism to sell a $79 hoody:
“This is not your ordinary hoody! Why?
“Fact: Research show that written words on a container of water can influence the water’s structure for better or worse depending on the nature or Intent of the word.
“Fact: The human body is over 70% water. What if positive words were printed on the inside of your clothing?” (read the whole ad; it’s worth it)
After reading this advertisement, my new rule is to never trust a proof, or syllogism, that relies on the fact that the human body is 70% water.
-Moshe Zvi Marvit
November 14, 2008 at 7:09 pm
The human body is actually only 55-60% water. I don’t mind them lying to me with the claim that water can be made happy, I just don’t like being told that I’m 70% water when I’m not.
Maybe I’ll buy the sweatshirt and sue them. I’ll say it worked, but that I’m 10% less happy than they claimed I would be.
I’ve heard this water theory thing before, the first time in that weird cult “What the Bleep Do We Know?” movie. I always thought the weirdest thing about the claim was not that water can be made happy, but that it can be made happy through the written word. They never really explain how water can read.
–Nick
November 15, 2008 at 12:15 pm
A little while back, a friend came and told me that they’d rented the “what the bleep” movie and had I seen it, would I like it etc., They went to the video store asking for a Stephen Hawking flik, and the guy at the movie store said, “That one’s out, but you should rent this one. It’s got science.”
They asked me if I had seen the movie and did I like it.
I think I blushed and stammered and started talking about how you can pray to water.