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Delusions_O_Grandeur

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Delusions_O_Grandeur
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I've been a physics student for 3,5 years by now. In that field I'm not automatically shown how scientists can fool themselves.

After picking up on some traces of parapsychology on the internet I thought I could make a wonderful scientific discovery with relative ease and make my future of researching the paranormal. Well, then I ran smack-bang into the existence of "the challenge". I now know that even showing the *very existence of psi* is going to prove very difficult, impossible, or senseless. Paranormal research is now going to be a *small* continuing hobby of mine and I'll focus most energy on the experminetally well supported physics instead.
 
Delusions_O_Grandeur,

After picking up on some traces of parapsychology on the internet I thought I could make a wonderful scientific discovery with relative ease and make my future of researching the paranormal. Well, then I ran smack-bang into the existence of "the challenge".
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That's so special. Have you considered some form of reciprocation for that smack-bang education the MDC has given you? It seems only right. Maybe just buy a t-shirt

Gene
 
I am in the computer development devision of medical technology and yet so many of my colleagues do not tackle their life with the same vigor of skepticism as they do their work. It seams to me that once they leave the office at night, they are willing to believe anything.

We are simply not trained to be skeptical in all we do. Education is needed for the masses.
 
Physics

GDay Delusions_O_Grandeur ,
If you want to try a physics approach to the parranormal try experimenting with harmonic resonance .
Find yourself a structure with good acoustic reverberation properties and try continuously chanting something like " OM MANAE PADMAY OM " .
See if you can create an energy field that is continuous , it may prove interesting .
Good Luck
Buzz
 
buzz lightyear said:
GDay Delusions_O_Grandeur ,
If you want to try a physics approach to the parranormal try experimenting with harmonic resonance .
Find yourself a structure with good acoustic reverberation properties and try continuously chanting something like " OM MANAE PADMAY OM " .
See if you can create an energy field that is continuous , it may prove interesting .
Good Luck
Buzz
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Have you done this successfully yourself, Buzz?
 
Restroom stalls are particularly good for this - try for a standing wave (the wave, not you).
 
Yeh Zep , have made a study of the incantations used by most of the worlds religions , with differing amounts of success .
It takes about an hour of solid chanting and a good harmonic vessel to get something happening . If you are successful the resulting energy field will take very little imput to sustain .
Buzz
 
buzz lightyear said:
Yeh Zep , have made a study of the incantations used by most of the worlds religions , with differing amounts of success .
It takes about an hour of solid chanting and a good harmonic vessel to get something happening . If you are successful the resulting energy field will take very little imput to sustain .
Buzz
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What exactly do you mean by "something", buzz lightyear?
 
The something

The "something" is the point at which the sound mass starts to rotate in a spiral motion . This usually only occurs in a domed or cylindrical acoustic vessel .
And you are correct ZYGAR I have experimented with LSD and sound , but with limited sucess . The increased heart rate from the drug causes difficulty in creating a smooth flow of sound .
Also having the condition known as " synesthesia" ,I find the use of hallucinogens unnecessary .
Buzz
 
The "something" is the point at which the sound mass starts to rotate in a spiral motion
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I think that happened to me at 'The Division Bell' Pink Floyd concert. And no hallucinogens were necessary. Although breathing in the air in the stadium was probably enough...
 
It depends ," Gr8wight" , where and how you do your chanting .
If you do it as " fuelair " suggests , in the rest room stalls of the local mall , you will probably get hauled off by the security for spooking the shoppers .
If you do it correctly ,at the right time ,in the right place ,it is possible to put a rent in the fabric of space / time .
Buzz
 
buzz lightyear said:
It depends ," Gr8wight" , where and how you do your chanting .
If you do it as " fuelair " suggests , in the rest room stalls of the local mall , you will probably get hauled off by the security for spooking the shoppers .
If you do it correctly ,at the right time ,in the right place ,it is possible to put a rent in the fabric of space / time .
Buzz
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Buzz lightyear, if you have further statements concerning your whateveritis, I recommend you open a new thread, e.g. in the "Science..." forum.

It'd also help if you'd make clearer, more detailed descriptions of what you refer to. Your statements so far leave a lot room for interpretation.

If you have a claim to state for the JREF Challenge, this is the subforum to do it.
 
My appologies , GzuzKryzt , for rambling on , am new to this " forum " thing .
As for the JREF challenge ;
You must be somewhat naive to believe that Mr Randi is interested in parranormal research .
The challenge is merely a tool , as the recent changes show , for a fading illusionist to attack the next generation of performers .
Ever since the punters became tired of the old rabbit in the hat routine and turned their attention to the new crop of mystics he has turned to Skeptism to retain a glimer of the spotlight .
Unfortunately the challenge has been used as the bait to belittle those silly or greedy enough to believe the hype .

No thanks GzuzKyrzt , I could do with the "mill" , it would fund a lot of research but my dignity just couldnt take the hammering .
Regards
Buzz
 
buzz lightyear said:
The challenge is merely a tool , as the recent changes show , for a fading illusionist to attack the next generation of performers .
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The people the challenge is aimed at are not "the next generation" of illusionists. They are people who claim not to be illusionists: who claim that their apparent powers are real.
 
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