{"id":5862,"date":"2023-12-23T08:40:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/?p=5862"},"modified":"2023-12-29T10:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:57:47","slug":"masaru-emoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/masaru-emoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Masaru Emoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-spotlight wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Masaru Emoto - Wikipedia\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-4 vlp-link-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 256px;\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Masaru_Emoto.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Masaru Emoto &#8211; Wikipedia<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-button\">Read More<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-url\">en.wikipedia.org<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Commentators have criticized Emoto for insufficient <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Experimental_control\">experimental controls<\/a> and for not sharing enough details of his experiments with the scientific community.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto#cite_note-Reville2011-9\">[9]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto#cite_note-17\">[17]<\/a><\/sup> He has also been criticized for designing his experiments in ways that permit manipulation or human error.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto#cite_note-Reville2011-9\">[9]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto#cite_note-18\">[18]<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biochemist\">Biochemist<\/a> and Director of Microscopy at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_College_Cork\">University College Cork<\/a> William Reville wrote, &#8220;It is very unlikely that there is any reality behind Emoto&#8217;s claims.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto#cite_note-Reville2011-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup> Reville noted the lack of scientific publication and pointed out that anyone who could demonstrate such phenomena would become immediately famous and probably wealthy.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto#cite_note-Reville2011-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing about Emoto&#8217;s ideas in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skeptical_Inquirer\">Skeptical Inquirer<\/a><\/em>, physician <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harriet_A._Hall\">Harriet A. Hall<\/a> concluded that it was &#8220;hard to see how anyone could mistake it for science&#8221;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masaru_Emoto#cite_note-MasaruWonderful-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup> In 2003, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Randi\">James Randi<\/a> published an invitation on his website, offering Emoto to take the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge\">One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge<\/a>, in which Emoto could have received US$1,000,000 if he had been able to reproduce the experiment under test conditions agreed to by both parties. 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