Static Electricity and RAM

OK, I know this is a strange one, but im looking for an experienced electrical engineer, someone that knows ALOT about RAM and electronics.

I have been advised that static electricity CANNOT damage a RAM chip or stick of RAM if it is not plugged into anything.

example: you walk along the floor gather up some static, then touch a stick of RAM that has been lying on a table since the day before, you give the stick of RAM a static shock.

is it possible for that static shock to damage the RAM in any way?

ive been advised it cannot, the person that advised my insists he is correct on this one and nobody can tell him otherwise.

i would be truly grateful if someone could clarify this situation, maybe a web site link, some complex analysis of the damage it could cause.

regards

 

 

 

 

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