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Originally posted by Majic
In Memory Of A Fallen Warrior
Originally posted by jonke05
"ColLemke". I must take exception with your postings...not from research, but from PERSONAL experience. You see, I too was an officer...I too have received advanced degrees (Masters and Ph.D.)...and I do not recall getting that special "promotion" as a result of successful completion of either!
Alas, Col. Lemke was shot down over ATS on August 16, 2004 -- over a year ago -- and remains missing.
I fear the worst.
Though he may no longer be among the living, he left behind an impressive service record, which consists of a spirited campaign of twelve posts, all regarding the NovaTech Society.
Undaunted by facts, unchallenged by the need to actually be awarded a commission by the U.S. Air Force, unable to successfully complete his mission through no fault of his own, he will forever live on our hearts as a reminder of what one member can accomplish in the span of a mere nineteen days on ATS.
Now he is gone, but he will never be forgotten.
Or as we used to say in the Navy, he's "still on patroll".
Originally posted by Majic
Alas, Col. Lemke was shot down over ATS on August 16, 2004 -- over a year ago -- and remains missing.
Originally posted by Majic
In Memory Of A Fallen Warrior
Alas, Col. Lemke was shot down over ATS on August 16, 2004 -- over a year ago -- and remains missing.
I fear the worst.
Though he may no longer be among the living, he left behind an impressive service record, which consists of a spirited campaign of twelve posts, all regarding the NovaTech Society.
Undaunted by facts, unchallenged by the need to actually be awarded a commission by the U.S. Air Force, unable to successfully complete his mission through no fault of his own, he will forever live on our hearts as a reminder of what one member can accomplish in the span of a mere nineteen days on ATS.
Now he is gone, but he will never be forgotten.
Or as we used to say in the Navy, he's "still on patroll".
Majic - Thanks for the update...2004...hmmm...what can I say; im an Aggie.
I originally came here to learn more about this Novatech Society "BS?" and am now just trying to get to know you frequent users of ATS. My hobbies that relate to this site are ghost hunting and UFO's; and more specifically the minipulation of time, space, matter, and the correlation of all three.
What these people are doing, basically, is using Objectivism as a launching pad for their own theory of self-improvement via "collapse of personal mysticism". Where they veer way off-course into their own variant of mysticism is through their baseless assertions about
Civilization of the Universe
Extraterrestrial "Zons"
Thinkons (particles of consciousness)
Universal Computer (alien Internet)
As you and I both know, arbitrary assertions are readily dismissable in the Objectivist epistemology. Why these folks have to pervert Objectivism into a bunch of mumbo-jumbo is beyond me, but here's their publicly stated reasoning:
The founder of the Neo-Tech company, Wallace Ward (aka Frank Wallace), started with the benevolent intention of "collapsing mysticism worldwide". There's job security for sure. Anyway, his first publication, The Neo-Tech Reference Encyclopedia, took an Objectivist look at 100 or so books and offered a thumbnail review of them. It also supplied a set of 144 "primary concepts" that were basically Objectivist treatments of various everyday situations from romantic relationships to church attendance. This publication was commercially unsuccessful, so Wallace had to regroup and start again.
While all this was happening, Wallace was also pursuing the development of life-extension technology. He was storing hard currency in a safe in the floor for start-up of an overseas research company that would be free of FDA regulations. Apparently, he was not paying taxes on this money, and his ex-girlfriend turned him in to the IRS. He spent a few years in federal prison. While there in 1986, he pounded out The Neo-Tech Discovery, a book that condensed the original Neo-Tech manuscript into "114 Advantages". This book was published by his family under the newly reorganized Neo-Tech Publishing (NTP) company and became a commercial success.
Since that time, many other books have poured from that company. The most notable one is The Neo-Tech System, which explains how to set up a publishing company similar to NTP. The interesting thing about their approach is the use of 100% accountability. There are no "employees", only a set of interdependent contractors, each of whom is responsible for his own bottom line.
With the arrival of the Internet, NTP has opted to publish some of their books on the Web and make money marketing other materials. One is Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory system. Trudeau and Ward met each other in prison. Ward was in jail for tax evasion, Trudeau for credit card fraud. Trudeau has been heavily involved in Scientology in the past, and now he's a Neo-Tech advocate. This could have several interpretations, so I'll just leave it at that.
You can now read The Neo-Tech Discovery in its entirety on the web at www.neo-tech.com... This book is really the "hook" to get people started. The actual attitudes offered in this particular work are largely in line with Objectivism. It's only later that the mumbo-jumbo is introduced.
Why did Wallace do this? Somewhere among the literature, he points out that he needed to make Neo-Tech larger-than-life in order to persuade people to his point of view. He claims that the concepts of "Civilization of the Universe", etc. are merely "metaphors" for the evolution of man into the ultimate being--one who controls existence through his conscious effort and productivity. However, a candid survey of the writings tells a different story, namely, the treatment of these concepts as already having concrete referents. This is dishonest concept-formation, which is ironic since Neo-Tech is supposed to mean "fully integrated honesty".
Originally posted by psykotrol
My sister got this letter from the "Nouveau Tech Society". I only read the thread about this because there were too many pages. But I google Nouveau Tech Society and got this site: www.nouveautechsociety.com... Im sure it has been posted before but I didnt see it. I read that someone said there was no site for these guys, so I just thought Id be some help. It seems like a cult or scam to me. In her letter it said that she had the chance to be an actress and crap like that. Seems like a load of bullcrap to me.