h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How about those people who claim to be horribly affected by wifi, mobile phone masts and so on - would they feel better with a tinfoil hat on, and if so, does the emperor or the admiral win out?

They tinfoil their rooms those people - I remember seeing some kind of documentary - for some reason, it seemed to be particularly prevalent in Scandinavia...

Finally, if you're really worried about the lizardy people, is the kind of jaunty statement you advocate not likely to make you the first in line for the anal probe? How about simply lining your normal wool hat (that way you'll have a toasty warm head as well)

Nice piece as ever,



sprout

Thanks, Sprout. When it comes to wifi, I suppose more research is needed.

Mobile phone companies are eager to pooh-pooh the idea of danger. But EM fields exist. Whether they're particularly bad for people is another question, of course...

I think the idea of lining a woolly hat sounds good. It would have the extra advantage of being less obvious. Of course, Nigel would say that solution was for those who were afraid to show their true colours.

Yeah, I think that sort of headgear probably *attracts* aliens. There's a great documentary out on Area 51's tourist shop...