a) Say the government is covering it up
b) Show people a fuzzy photo that could be anything
c) Play people a recording that could be anything
d) Say an ex-NASA scientist has proved it
e) Show it isn't new at all but actually has a long history – woodcut pictures and Victorian photos showing something vaguely resembling it are particularly convincing
f) Say it was known to the ancient Chaldeans
g) Write a book about it saying ‘could it be that ...’ every few sentences
h) Make a YouTube video about it
i) Form a facebook group about it
j) Say it is all explained by quantum physics
k) The Government\Oil cartels\Big Pharma\Illuminanti\giant lizards have supressed the "Truth" for years
k)i People have been killed by the aforementioned conspirators to keep "the secret" safe but somehow internet broadcasts from mom's basement offer proctection
And people are now queueing up to blow the lid off the secret. Join the bandwagon.
L) Someone or other from Blumblefeck University has a PhD in it (so its scientifically proven)
m) It can help you lose weight without dieting
n) Only the really highly spiritually evolved can grasp its true subtlety-unbelievers would never understand- they're not as special as you and me...
0) You need to be a member of 'The Society' and do the right training courses to find out what it's really all about (fees paid in advance naturally...)
Go for the full set:
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/dictionary.php
That Fashionable Dictionary is Genius. I am Awed.
"Paradigm
A thing that shifts, thus proving that scientists merely make up their findings."
It uses real quotes, from real publications too eg:
E=MC2
Probably a sexed equation, the product of a male obssession with speed. 'Is e=mc2 a sexed equation?...Perhaps it is. Let us make the hypothesis that it is insofar as it privileges the speed of light over other speeds that are vitally necessary to us. What seems to me to indicate the possible sexed nature of the equation is not directly its uses by nuclear weapons, rather it is having privileged what goes the fastest...' [Luce Irigaray, Le sujet de la science est-il sexue?]
You know the UK woo-world really is overdue a damn good hoaxing...
Maybe we should conspire? Or maybe just pretend we are...
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All right. But can you think of anything dafter than what they already believe?Originally Posted by dalriada
You know the UK woo-world really is overdue a damn good hoaxing...
Maybe we should conspire? Or maybe just pretend we are...
Possibly not, but I feel that on this forum we may have enough knowledge and creativity to pull together some prime examples of high falutin' academic silliness from a variety of disciplines and polish them up to a fine enough gloss to be accepted to an "academic journal" of the calibre of the Journal of Scientific Exploration..? * No faking data or anything unethical, just wild speculation, lots of big words and random connections, properly referenced and presented as evidence for convergence of theories. We'd mention quantum a lot of course, but I think there's also a lot to be said for the fluid and feminine transcendental spaces within which the dictates of masculinist physics hold no sway....All right. But can you think of anything dafter than what they already believe?
Mind you satire may be redundant when publications like this get favourable peer review:
I'm very sorry that never got made into a "Father Ted" episode though....Sheldrake, R., Godwin, H. and Rockell, S. (2004) “A Filmed experiment on telephone telepathy with the Nolan Sisters”. J. Society Psychic Research. 68, 168-172.
* an example only
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Dalriada,
Sheldrake, R., Godwin, H. and Rockell, S. (2004) “A Filmed experiment on telephone telepathy with the Nolan Sisters”. J. Society Psychic Research. 68, 168-172.
Well, all right. But there has to be a paratactic narrative.We'd mention quantum a lot of course, but I think there's also a lot to be said for the fluid and feminine transcendental spaces within which the dictates of masculinist physics hold no sway....
In fact, I insist on a paratactic metanarrative. Otherwise I'm not playing
I approve of that - just a ruse - facilitating misdirection.Well, all right. But there has to be a paratactic narrative.
In fact, I insist on a paratactic metanarrative. Otherwise I'm not playing
I´m sure that several 3000 year old roots will be found in Orphism or pagan wisdom (especially perhaps Pythagorus) ... would enjoy sourcing the evidence.
It was shockingly quick-and-easy to write this although to be fair I've actually stolen most of it from other (allegedly genuine!!) sources...
TOWARDS A THEORY OF MORPHIC AWARENESS
Introduction
In his Seminal Hypothesis of Formative Causation (1983 ) Rupert Sheldrake first introduced the term morphic field. This is described as consisting of patterns that govern the development of forms, structures and arrangements . Morphic Fields can be used to explain a kind of “collective memory” or patterned behaviour exhibited in groups of animals, like flocks of birds and schools of fish, or various cultures sharing similar characteristics in different parts of the world. Sheldrake’s concept of collective memory parallels Carl Jung’s postulation of a Collective Unconscious (Jeffrey, 2008 ) and in accordance with the concept of Akashic Records, the "library" of all the experiences and memories of human minds through their physical lifetime, can thus be related this concept of morphic fields (Sheldrake, 1988 ).
This paper shall review literature from a variety of sources to determine if there is evidence that there are personality variables characteristic of the percipients and experiencers of these morphic fields. The review will aim to explore the process and nature of these perceptions and experiences, to examine what the necessary conditions for morphic awareness are and to determine on what basis someone may be classified as “morphically aware”. The review will also be cognisant of the possibility that such morphic awareness may be confounded by other potential characteristics of populations, such as extraversion, self-confidence, open-belief systems or a willingness to introspect, and the experimenter effect. The review will also seek to uncover regional differences in intensity of perception of this subtle energy that may explain the inequitable distribution of ancient World Prophets around the Middle East: Zarathustra in Persia, Akinaton of ancient Egypt, Jesus (known as the Christ) in Nazareth and Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in Mecca and Medina
While some traces of such ancient knowledge may remain in the modern conceptions of distant mental influence, the power of belief, and synchronicity etc. a full exposition of this theory of morphic awareness requires an examination of cross-cultural historical research. The present authors also seek to demonstrate that “morphic awareness” has its roots in antiquity, beyond that already uncovered in Vedic Texts (Sheldrake, 1988 ) and that there are important parallels to be found within Orphism, the Eleusinian mysteries and the works of Pythagoras. Jeffrey (2008 ) describes the concept of morphic resonance as a place of scientific convergance, citing chaos theory, quantum mechanics and fractal geometry as evidence for his position, however, in addition to this, the present authors seek to demonstrate that morphic awareness may also be seen as a point of convergance in more organic terms, from the viewpoint of human history as a whole and for each human being as an individual....
To be continued... (maybe)
References
Jeffrey,S. (2008 ) Hypothesis of Formative Causation (Morphic Resonance) The Consciousness Project http://consciousnessproject.org/page.asp?PageID=13 [accessed 21 January, 2008]
Sheldrake, R. (1983 ) A New Science of Life: Towards a Hypothesis of Formative Causation- Fontana
Sheldrake, R. (1988 ) The Presence of the Past, Chapter 17
Last edited by dalriada; 21st January 2008 at 03:08 PM. Reason: clarity
Nice one dalriada!
I've come across some specific factors that help with establishing a new paranormal theory. The most important is:
use unwarranted assumptions rather than evidence
Thus you can draw on folklore, anecdotes or even fiction (which is assumed to be a model of real life). These assumptions are used at the start of the theory to form its basis. Then at the end, you use the theory itself to 'prove' the assumptions. QED!
Dalriada - No, I don't think we should touch this with a ten foot pole. We'd end up even more po'ed than we are now at the woo-woo crowd, because they'd BELIEVE it. No matter how stupid a hoax we came up with, large numbers of people would take it seriously, it would be passed around the world on Emails and forums (forii?) and would end up on the Urban Legends site, which of course would not kill it. If we tried to go public and confess, we would be told to mind our own business.
Don't try it - look what happened to Frankenstein.
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