I once met a former radiochemist who claimed he could feel radiation. Similar to anti-vax nurses, certain people can have been directly taught all the things that would debunk their crank shit and keep those beliefs anyway.
At a certain point, these people become so convinced that they have the “special secret” that any evidence against their position only reinforces it, because why would people try to disprove them so hard unless they are right?
I once met a former radiochemist who claimed he could feel radiation. Similar to anti-vax nurses, certain people can have been directly taught all the things that would debunk their crank shit and keep those beliefs anyway.
I mean, I guess you can feel it at high enough doses
Aircraft radar feels tingly when you’re a foot away from the nose radome
High enough can be low
At a certain point, these people become so convinced that they have the “special secret” that any evidence against their position only reinforces it, because why would people try to disprove them so hard unless they are right?