Comment The vibration theory was debunked 2 years ago (Score 1) 169
This has already been debunked with human psychophysics by Leslie Vosshall at The Rockefeller University.
Lay person article: http://www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/news_notes/rus_ 032604_b.php
Primary research article (pdf): http://vosshall.rockefeller.edu/reprints/KellerVos shall2004.pdf
It irks me that this gets no mention anywhere in the goofball parent article.
"This is a big step forward," says Turin, who has now set up his own perfume company Flexitral in Virginia. He says that since he published his theory, "it has been ignored rather than criticized."
Well maybe not ignored; just fully tested and found lacking.
But Horsfield stresses that that's different from a proof of Turin's idea. "So far things look plausible, but we need proper experimental verification. We're beginning to think about what experiments could be performed."
They've already been performed and disproved the theory. Jeesh.
Lay person article: http://www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/news_notes/rus
Primary research article (pdf): http://vosshall.rockefeller.edu/reprints/KellerVo
It irks me that this gets no mention anywhere in the goofball parent article.
"This is a big step forward," says Turin, who has now set up his own perfume company Flexitral in Virginia. He says that since he published his theory, "it has been ignored rather than criticized."
Well maybe not ignored; just fully tested and found lacking.
But Horsfield stresses that that's different from a proof of Turin's idea. "So far things look plausible, but we need proper experimental verification. We're beginning to think about what experiments could be performed."
They've already been performed and disproved the theory. Jeesh.
