You use a Brita filter to take metal out of your water. But what if you want to stir in divine powers? In that case, one South Korean man said, you run tap water through his special ceramic and paper filters. He now faces fraud charges. As the BBC reports, the man, identified as "Professor Kim," claimed he could replicate the holy water from a Virgin Mary shrine in Lourdes, France, known for its supposed healing powers. The BBC article quotes the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper detailing Kim's "scientific" methods:
"Professor Kim says if the medical properties are changed into digital signals, and radiated onto any water, the water will adapt those properties."
What the "professor" taught, we do not know. Digital signals? Radiation? Sure sounds like magic science.... Whatever he was selling, people sure were buying it. Apparently he made 1.7 billion South Korean won, the equivalent of $1.3 million ...
