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Originally posted by jaketyson85
Just because someone has the word "Dr" attached to their name doesn't mean they are exempt from being a quack. Look at Dr Steven Greer - megaquack! Interesting take he has, but I don't buy it. Just because people have some trippy experience when their brains are in an altered state doesn't prove crap. Everything else is just reading into it and finding the answer that you want.
Originally posted by stringman
Great find.
Just he states that telepathy can be learned. I believe it can be forgotten. I'm sure we can all remember when we were young, how easily we could tap into this force. But as we grow older we become conditioned by society to deny and learn to foget the natural process that links us telepathicaly to the natural world.
I think this tapped area he is dealing with is the same area that say a ouija board works on. Whats funny is that if you want to patent something, you have to also be able to explain exactly how it works. I want to know how in the hell parker brothers patented that toy.
IMO,
It's only pseudoscience because of how it is viewed. If it becomes explainable and measurable then it will become valid science.
Originally posted by tetra50
reply to post by WWu777
While Persinger’s experiments could prove groundbreaking, he remains doubtful about his controversial findings reaching his colleagues, “I think the critical thing about science is to be open-minded. It’s really important to realize that the true subject matter of science is the pursuit of the unknown. Sadly scientists have become extraordinarily group-oriented. Our most typical critics are not are mystic believer types. They are scientists who have a narrow vision of what the world is like.”
I find all of this fascinating, but this quote of his above, is of particular interest to me. I have been debating this point on more than one thread, and on a thread that doesn't necessarily deal with the same topic as this one, but a topic closely linked. The member who created that thread, even though I agreed with his information, insisted that any other information regarding what he had posted was scientifically disinformative, while asserting only one science based viewpoint was possible. The way it relates is someone brought up telepathy in his thread and was treated as an idiot--face palms, etc. In fact, that thread was also about AI computer interfaces to human brain, but using ELF, electric low frequency. He asserted that electromagnetic fields were solely about voice to skull, but could not induce emotional states. Very happy to run across your research and thread. I knew this was out there, but could not remember this particular scientist's name despite racking my brain the last two days and looking for the research, so thank you.
But also, it becomes frustrating to debate science with people so close minded to what science really is intended to be, as stated in the quote above. However, I am not very happy about where I believe this research has brought us, and what must of it is arising out of and how it has been used for nefarious purposes for a very long time.
Originally posted by itsthetooth
reply to post by Miraj
I think this tapped area he is dealing with is the same area that say a ouija board works on. Whats funny is that if you want to patent something, you have to also be able to explain exactly how it works. I want to know how in the hell parker brothers patented that toy.
IMO,
It's only pseudoscience because of how it is viewed. If it becomes explainable and measurable then it will become valid science.
What we have come to know as our subconscious, is looking more like a disabled ability in our brain. I stated earlier that there have never been any confirmed tests done to prove that our brains are in fact working up to par. As a matter of fact every wiki on the subject makes it quite clear that we know very little about the brain. Even on debunking the 10% bring myth, they say they are sure its a myth based on nothing of fact, and at the same time make it clear that we know very little about the brain. So which is it?
The pineal gland we have always heard about is the missing link. It's dormant and has been labled with several fitting descriptions that I'm sure will change again in the near future. The fact is, just like the 10% myth, they don't know. The pineal gland is responsible for something along the lines of a hyper link between the cerebal cortex and cerrebellum. As it stands right now, our brain is basically asleep. They can record a few neuro flashes in the brain here and there, but if it were working correctly it would be lit up like a light bulb.
Originally posted by 1littlewolf
Very cool find WWu777 – S&F. It just goes to show in an age when so many people think we've nearly got all the answers we've actually only just discovered the very tip of the iceberg.
Shame you didn't post this in the 'Science and Technology' Forum, this would have definitely ruffled a few feathers there.....
Originally posted by ChaoticOrder
I remember reading something about it a while ago. Apparently he was able to prove that there is a part in our brain designated to religious states of mind (as the poster above explains), it's this part of our brain that makes us sometimes believe that there is a higher power. If I remember correctly, he claimed that some people make use of this part of their brain much more than others. This part of the brain is basically our 'spiritual' center, and it's not just related to religious states of mind, but basically most spiritual frames of mind, so I'm not surprised to see that this has led to this discovery. PS -I am not religious but I'm a fairly spiritual type of person. I guess some people use this part of their brain in different ways.
Originally posted by Vandettas
"a device that stimulates temporal lobes with a weak magnetic field in order to produce religious states."
Religious states? A helmet can make someone who uses it religious?