Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 13:51:15 02/01/03
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On February 01, 2003 at 15:11:39, Uri Blass wrote: >My theory is that sitting near a very fast computer may cause the human some >small demage that prevents the human to concentrate in the game at the same >level that is done against humans. > >The theory is that very fast computers generate a strong electromagnetic field >and this field may cause some temporary small demage to the brain that may cause >humans to play at level that is 100 elo weaker than the level that they are >capable of in normal conditions. > >I do not know if the theory is correct but I think that it may be interesting to >know if humans can do better against computers if we increase the distance >between the human and the computer. > >Uri You don't have to worry much about magnetic fields, if the computer components are incased in metal that stops the field, it's called a Faraday cage (it's for the same reason a car will protect you from lightning). However monitors used to be of plastic and eminate a strong field, that shouldn't be so bad nowadays either. Finally, there is no proof magnetic fields are damaging to biological tissue. For example field study has shown that nurses working on NMR scanners (strongest magnetic fields on Earth, 10-20 Tesla) have no higher risk of cancer than usual. -S.
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