When technology just seems like magic, people don't know what to believe.
People seem to worry about cell phones or towers. They make claims about radiation poisoning. This is not true. If I had a helmet of cell phones strapped around my head and my nuts, I would not worry. People don't seem to even know what radiation is.
People fear radiation, but most don't understand it if they didn't study engineering or physics. The word radiation sounds scary, and they can't calibrate what radiation actually means.[6]
People hear ‘radiation’ and think of this term from nuclear bombs. We're bathing in radiation right now. Your chair is radiant. Everything produces radiation, everything is emitting photons all the time.
The question is what wavelength. If you have a very short wavelength or high frequency photon, that is capable of causing DNA damage. But we're talking about ultraviolet and beyond, cell phones are not even close.
The thing that causes problems in a nuclear bomb explosion are particles. The helium nuclei are like tiny cannon balls. Those will rip right through you, like you got shot. Bad things will happen. That's also called radiation, but it's really particles colliding.
Cell phones are not emitting particles. Our phones emit photons, but the most they can do is slightly warm up your ear, and only by a tiny amount. If you had a hand warmer that was very mild, that's your phone. That is not going to cause DNA damage, so don't worry about it.[3]
You can't talk people out of good panic. They sure love it. That’s why I say, just like Douglas Adams did, “Rule #1, Don’t Panic.”[3]
After the Tsunami hit the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, people in California asked me if they should worry about radiation. I said, “No. Not at all. That is crazy.”[6]
I flew to Fukushima to donate a solar power system for a water treatment plant, and I made a point of eating locally grown vegetables on TV in Fukushima. The danger is so overplayed compared to reality.[6]
I'm in favor of nuclear power in any place not subject to extreme natural disasters. Nuclear power is a great way to generate electricity. Obviously we should not be starting up coal plants and shutting down nuclear plants. It doesn't make any sense at all. Coal plants are a hundred to a thousand times worse for our health than nuclear power plants.[6]
How many people have actually died from nuclear accidents? Practically none. How many people have died from coal plants? It's a very big number.[6]