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[escepticos] La carta, tal cual ha sido enviada



Esta es la carta enviada a SA, junto con todas las firmas recogidas hasta el
cierre del plazo.

Dos personas más han enviado sus nombres después de enviarse la carta. Mis
disculpas a ambos por no haber podido entrar a formar parte de la lista. Si es
necesario, podemos enviar una lista actualizada, pero de momento, y hasta
recibir respuesta, mejor no dar demasiado la tabarra.

------Carta------

Dear Sir ?

In the September 2003 issue of the Spanish edition of Scientific American
("Investigación y Ciencia") there is an article titled "Estimulación de la
germinación y el crecimiento por exposición a campos magnéticos" ("Stimulation
of germination and growth by exposure to magnetic fields",) signed by Elvira
Martínez, Mª Victoria Carbonell and Mercedes Flórez, which happens to be the
most flagrant show of pseudoscience we have seen in a long time. It was a sad
shock finding it in your otherwise excellent publication.

The article states that the physical and chemical properties of water change
significantly by its exposure to a magnetic field (pp. 26, 28). This statement
is, as best, on shaky scientific grounds; no conclusive results have been
published on this issue, and yet, it is used as a valid premise for some of the
experiments, rendering them scientifically unsound. It would be tedious to
enumerate and analyze all the other flaws in the article in this letter, so we
offer this one example as a sample of what you can find in it.

Scientific American, and its sister, "Investigación y Ciencia", are wonderful
tools to approach science to a non-specialized public, and it's therefore even
more distressing to find out that the Spanish edition standards for accepting
articles have fallen so much below the bare minimum required to offer an
honest, thorough view of the research panorama in Spain and around the world.
 
We have contacted the Spanish editors, but have not received a satisfactory
answer. We turn to you in the hope that such a slip will be avoided in the
future, allowing us to keep on enjoying your excellent magazine, as we have
been doing for so many years.
 
Respectfully,
 
 1. Adela Torres - Molecular Biologist
 2. Luis Alfonso Gámez - Journalist
 3. José Mª Bello - Archaeologist
 4. Javier Armentia - Astrophysicist
 5. Manuel López - Computer Engineer
 6. Inés Rodríguez - Astrophysicist
 7. Eloy Anguiano Rey - Physics PhD, Computer Scientist
 8. Alfredo Reino Romero - Engineer
 9. Rubén Villoria - Infographist
10. Javier de la Torre Cubillo - Computer Engineer
11. Manuel de Frutos Martín - Computer Engineer
12. Josep Català - Biology PhD, Chemical Engineer  
13. Fernando Gimeno - Engineer,  University of Zaragoza
14. Fernando L. Frías Sánchez - Lawyer  
15. Jesús Cancillo Salas - M.D.,  University of Alicante.  
16. Miguel Angel Martínez Estremera - Chemist  
17. Francisco Ceprián Gómez - Senior student (Chemistry)  
18. Julio Plaza del Olmo - Physicist
19. Arturo Ríos - Basque Government Administration
20. Xosé Castro Roig - Translator
21. Ignacio Planas Beamonte - Programmer
22. Carlos Lobo Cartón - Civil Engineer
23. Felipe Martínez - Biologist  
24. Antonio Almagro - High School Teacher
25. Enrique Reyes - Physicist
26. Antonio Rodríguez Sierra - Environmental Biologist
27. Rodolfo del Moral - Physicist
28. Miguel Navarro Máñez - Lawyer
29. Pau Garcia i Quiles - Telecommunications Engineer
30. Oscar Vives - Computer Arts
31. Lluís Pérez Lozano - Sociology Student
32. Ernesto Carmena Riesco - Biologist
33. Jacobo Tarrío Barreiro - Computer Engineer
34. Ramón Ordiales Plaza - Computer Engineer  
35. Ramón Cárceles - Technical Engineer  
36. J. Vicente Prieto González - Biologist
37. Teresa González de la Fe ? PhD., Sociology Professor, Univ. of La Laguna  
38. Joan Soler Enfedaque - Train Conductor
39. Gaëlle Bello Hellegouarch - Biology freshman
40. Francisco Perfectti - Geneticist
41. Ferrán Tarrasa - PhD, Industrial Engineering Nuclear Plant Ascó-Vandellòs
42. Carlos Domínguez - Psychologist  
43. Ricardo Mellid - Physicist  
44. Pablo Velasco Pazos - Biologist
45. Oscar David Sanchez Jimenez - Engineering Grad Student
46. Jordi Mur-Petit - Physics PhD student (U. Barcelona)
47. María José Ferrando - Telecommunications Engineer
48. Saúl Blanco Lanza - Biologist
49. Jordi Raya Lapuente - Historian & Computer Technician
50. Germán Salvador García-Cano - Programmer
51. Juan Rodriguez - Geologist. Geological Survey of Spain
52. José María Mateos - Telecommunications Engineer
53. Jorge Gutierrez - IT Consultant
54. Xavier Nieto - Senior in Computer Engineering
55. Clarisa Doval - Industrial Engineer
56. Luis Blanco - Vocational Training Teacher
57. David García Polo - Telecommunications student
58. Elisenda Font Campdelacreu - Mathematician
59. Jose L. Cebollada - Physics and Chemistry High School Teacher
60. JMª Soler Insa - M.D., Neurologist
61. Sergio López Borgoñoz - Manager Of "Antares, Comunicación Audiovisual"
62. José Álvarez Castro ? Historian
63. M. Dolores Moyano Guerrero ? Computer Engineer
64. Ángel Luengo ? IyC Reader
65. José Vicente Arlandis Ortolá ? High School Mathematics Teacher
66. Oswaldo Palenzuela ? Biologist, Research Scientist (CSIC)
67. Jorge Javier Frías Perles ? Computer Science Teacher
68. Borja Marcos ? Computer Security Consultant
69. Juan Ángel Camacho ? Computer technician and illusionist
70. Víctor Martínez Serrano ? Business School Student
71. David De Lorenzo ? PhD, Biology Assistant Professor, University of Munich
72. Santiago Egido Arteaga ? Mathematician, Visiting Professor at UPC
73. Jordi Vila Mas ? Telecommunications Engineer
74. Jordi Ardanuy
75. Pedro Sánchez Arjona ? Physicist, High School Teacher