Well my original point was that the Shapiro effect is a huge non sequitur anyway.
The website that Crackerjack posted is run by a crank called Jerrold Thacker. If you take the time to peruse the site there is some really cranky material on there - not just the Shapiro effect stuff. I agree it is a real effect - but it doesn't have the effect Thacker wants it to have. But some of his other stuff is pure off the wall fantasy.