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> definitely she does.

That's not scientific.

That's not a double-blind experiment. Your may be more attentive to her mentions when you've secretely switched on the wifi. You may behaving differently and she may be picking up clues from your behavior. etc.

If you really want to be scientific, you need to do at least n=100 experiments to detect a 10% bias at 95% confidence level. (Z=2 E=0.1) [0]

If you detect such bias, your wife may be able to earn $1M prize for her supernatural abilities. [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checking_whether_a_coin_is_fai...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_...



> If you detect such bias, your wife may be able to earn $1M prize for her supernatural abilities. [1]

This snark seems unnecessary, given that magnetoception by bats and birds is unlikely to win said prize.


That's no snark.

If she can reliably demonstrate sensitivity to -60dBm RF signals (nanoWatts - the typical received signal strength of a Wi-Fi signal), that's the equivalent of having discovered a new human sense on top of the 5 known senses.

This discovery, or the explanation of mechanism underlying this sense, is worthy of a Nobel prize.




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