Apparently we should be nice to our crystals...

[rjgildea]

For your general amusement, an, erm "interesting" claim in the font of all scientific knowledge that is the Daily Mail:

...based on the work of Japanese scientist Dr Masaru Emoto. He's done countless studies that suggest the molecules in water crystals could be affected by our thoughts, words and feelings, thus determining the shape of the crystals.
His tests reveal that molecules exposed to happy or loving environments form beautiful, symmetrical crystals, while those exposed to unpleasant influences are misshapen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... l?ITO=1490

[ynotlleb]

Sounds like we need to do a systematic experiment to see if for once in its life the Daily Mail has got it right!

So we have the same crystal/powder made in exactly the same way by 3 different research groups.

One will endeavour to be nice to the crystals.
One will endeavour to be nasty to the crystals.
One control group will just act normally.

Crystal structures will be determined and compared, maybe we could publish the results in the Daily Mail if Acta Cryst. don't want it?