A clever retooling of beliefnet, to promote Bill Maher’s upcoming film, “Religulous”.
I’ve heard this video has been discredited, but cellphones popping popcorn still makes for great entertainment.
“Ringing the phones doesn’t help because they’re interfering with each other and receiving a signal [from a cellphone tower] — not transmitting it,” he said. Furthermore, while it is possible to heat with sound, it’s not likely to happen at the low volume emitted by a mobile phone. “It would be like gathering opera singers together to sing, and trying to make the corn pop,” Bloomfield said.
Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos