Would you participate in Kirlian photography?

Sure, I would participate and be interested in hearing the interpretation. If the reading required payment, then no. I’m quite content with the readings received from my mood ring.

Sure. Sounds interesting.

@Pied_Pfeffer:“If the reading required payment, then no.”
You are not Dutch, right? ;-)

Yes it would be interesting but only on the basis that it wasn’t referred to as a science and no claims were made as to it’s health benefits. Also it would have to be free…

No.

Regarding this being a science, not only is it not science but there is plenty of real science debunking it. In fact when you type “Kirlian photography” in to google, the 3rd suggestion is “Kirlian photography debunked”.

I literally could not help my self, sorry.

Pseudo-science?

I had mine done (free) once. It was a pretty picture, but the interpretation given by the “expert” seemed way off.

I’d do it for fun, much as I’d go to a fortune teller for fun. I would not refer to it as a science, though… more like entertainment.

Sure, sounds fun and interesting. I’ve run into people over the years who say they can see colors or shades around people but to see it photographed, see it with my own eyes. Neato!

Sure, I love stuff like that.

A Kirlian photographer was a speaker at a conference I attended, and at the end she did complimentary photographs for anyone who was interested. It looked pretty much like a heat pattern, and I couldn’t see much difference between mine and other people’s. I didn’t give the interpretations any credence and laughed it off, but some of the audience went into attack mode. The woman was such an easy mark that I felt sorry for her.

Sure. For fun. That is less scarier than facing the mirror in complete darkness and wait till something happens.

Sure, I also love that stuff!

Kirlian photography uses high voltage applied to the object being photographed, producing corona discharge which creates an “aura” around anything, including inanimate objects such as keys. These auras have been investigated by skeptics and—no surprise—nothing useful or meaningful can be discerned. Like palm-reading, it has entertainment value if you don’t take it seriously, and like other pseudo-scientific flim-flam / mumbo-jumbo, is harmless until they ask you to part with your money—which is inevitable.

Pseudoscience woo.

That said, I’d do it for the lulz.

Apparently I have a blue-green aura, according to more than a few aura-reading folks.

I don’t care that it isn’t real – it would still be fun. I went to a fortune teller once and that was fun. A few interesting coincidences through the years as well

I have and and my mother was with me. My ‘aura’ was gold and hers was red. I don’t remember much about the intrepretation, but I remember it was so spot on I cried. I had the photo for many years but it’s lost now. It was an intense experience, and I’m not a fanatic or anything like that

@trailsillustrated The moving childhood experience that you describe was no doubt an instance of cold reading. These techniques are powerful enough to keep roping in new generations of “believers” in all kinds of too-good-to-be-true nonsense. We humans have evolved a “belief engine” that makes us all susceptible to such effects. Rational thinking must be learned and practiced—it’s not innate.

@gasman- I was not a child at the time, I was in my thirties. I have a twin brother who was far away, neither me or my mother made any mention of any family members or circumstances. The ‘reader’ or whatever they are called referred specifically to my twin brother, without knowing anything about me or my family. Is it real? I don’t know, but I am not an irrational thinker, and I will always remember this.