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Fontes in particular.</I><BR/><BR/>That's a possibility that obviously can't be discounted.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-4854312821636230242009-01-17T16:30:00.000-06:002009-01-17T16:30:00.000-06:00Anon--No, I don't have a blog. I'm still thinking ...Anon--<BR/><BR/>No, I don't have a blog. I'm still thinking about whether to start one, but haven't decided as yet. <BR/><BR/>I should say that I've always had doubts about most reported aspects of the "abduction phenomenon" and especially the confabulatory effects of regressive hypnosis on alleged "witnesses." <BR/><BR/>Personally, I strongly suspect the Villas Boas case initially started as a hoax, by Boas himself, and then became conflated and exacerbated by Dr. Olavo T. Fontes in particular. See the link to the article by Phillip Coppens I noted above for crucial details. I also have similar problems with the Hill and Strieber cases. <BR/><BR/>In each of these three cases, regressive hypnosis was also used, which I think leads, in part, to synthesized memories and confabulation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-56732547987249566132009-01-17T12:54:00.000-06:002009-01-17T12:54:00.000-06:00Intense, do you have your own blog?"The sheer weig...Intense, do you have your own blog?<BR/><BR/>"The sheer weight of the (often times corroborative) evidence seems to suggest something is going on, and validates further study IMO."<BR/><BR/>But does it suggest something going on in the real world? Where are all the witnesses to abduction (minus the few fraud cases)? Mack had his "abductees" set up video cameras to catch themselves being abducted, and soon it became... they were being abducted when the tape ran out, the aliens waited 2 months until they were staying at a friend's house to abduct them, the aliens hypnotised them into getting up and turning off the camera, etc., etc., etc. Toss in the fact as you said that abduction just doesn't make SENSE and psychological explanations seem to be far more likely. <BR/><BR/>The idea of governments impersonating aliens and performing the abductions doesn't make sense for the same reasons. Why not just have people "say" they abducted, write books purporting to investigate cases of abduction, post stuff on the Internet, etc.? There's no need for any real abduction, and great risk of discovery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-77440133691093152342009-01-17T02:17:00.000-06:002009-01-17T02:17:00.000-06:00@GregYou bet we're still on -- although I must adm...@Greg<BR/><BR/>You bet we're still on -- although I must admit I'd forgotten. A double-barreled forward by Bishop and Redfern: sweet!Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-88708880967470534772009-01-16T23:41:00.000-06:002009-01-16T23:41:00.000-06:00Right up my alley! I HOPE this is part of the upco...Right up my alley! I HOPE this is part of the upcoming book, to which I still hope to write an introduction or forward.<BR/><BR/>We're still on for that, right?Greg Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928853660098224055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-79418807021012900632009-01-16T19:17:00.000-06:002009-01-16T19:17:00.000-06:00@RaySorry if I'm taking this part out of context a...@Ray<BR/><BR/><I>Sorry if I'm taking this part out of context and looking it at the wrong way, but isn't there speculation that the liquid/gel smeared on Boas or the gas pumped into his room put him "in the mood?"</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed there is. Good catch. I came very close to expounding on the possibility in the essay but figured I'd expand on it later.<BR/><BR/>I recently read Boas' original testimony (included in the Lorezens' "The Flying Saucer Occupants.") There are some telling details in the account that abduction researchers have yet to honestly address.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-44463414955525614992009-01-16T14:57:00.000-06:002009-01-16T14:57:00.000-06:00@AnnaIve always found that extremely fascinating t...@Anna<BR/><BR/>Ive always found that extremely fascinating too. Assuming some abudctions reports are true and some sort of interbreeding operation has taken place, this to me proves that we are related in one way or another to 'them'.<BR/><BR/>Mac's CTH would support this through an off-shoot evolutionary strain of humans that separated from the group millions of years ago.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe they literally are us as future time travellers.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe (and all the anomalous artifacts we have found on Earth could support this) humans are millions of years older than we think, and a previous pre-cataclysm generation left Earth for greener pastures (and safer planets) and have come back for some reason.<BR/><BR/>All exciting possibilities!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15832458895924691193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-12289597807015644632009-01-16T09:35:00.000-06:002009-01-16T09:35:00.000-06:00"The Villas Boas case was a CIA "experiment" as ou...<I>"The Villas Boas case was a CIA "experiment" as outlined at The UFO Reality and confirmed by the notorious (and now dead) CIA operate Bosco Nedelcovic."<BR/><BR/>"There is "documentation" at ufor.blogspot.com, but it's one of the first postings there, so you'd have to scroll down or check the archives.<BR/><BR/>"Jacques Vallee received the material in the late 1970s and gave it some credence.<BR/><BR/>"The Bosco Nedelcovic connection can be found in the archives at UFO UpDates.<BR/><BR/>"Nedelcovic worked for AID and DOD but was, as you'll see from the Updates links, a CIA operative (or operate -- he was contracted by DOD.)"</I><BR/><BR/>Or, so <I>you</I> say, Rich. Very interesting comments, Mr. Reynolds, but after closely examining some details of the references you make, among others I found online, I'm afraid I'd have to say there are several problems with your unsubstantiated claims and somewhat contradictory prior written statements, especially regarding issues related to unverified sources, hearsay, provenance, and attribution, to say the least. <BR/><BR/>For those interested in investigating further the rather intriguing, and contradictory, details regarding Mr. Reynolds claims, see the following:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/989k7j<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/9gjyrx<BR/><BR/>http://www.philipcoppens.com/ufo_fontes.html<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/72hfn8<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/8vkf4qAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-74434654757311827402009-01-16T05:50:00.000-06:002009-01-16T05:50:00.000-06:00Great piece, Mac. I'm glad to see you highlight Va...Great piece, Mac. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad to see you highlight Vallee's question about the apparent absurdity of "them" being able to interbreed with "us" -- it's a curious point that is frequently lost in all the abduction noise. And if they're good enough at genetics to make themselves able to interbreed with humans, what could they need our DNA for at that point? Couldn't they just stay home and play with their own DNA lotto machine to get the same results? And (as I think Vallee and others have also pointed out) their method of DNA extraction is rather ham-handed, considering a swab with a Q-tip should do just as well. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you're fearlessly writing about these issues. Philosophy, psychology, biology -- so many profound questions from different fields intersect around the UFO question, yet so few people are willing to go there with an open mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-61749710243298707442009-01-16T04:01:00.000-06:002009-01-16T04:01:00.000-06:00“Though exotic, she was far from the specimen expe...“Though exotic, she was far from the specimen expected from mere erotic fantasy; Boas himself described her as paradoxically repellent and desirable. Reading his account (initially censored by the UFO community), one wonders in what ways Boas might have been coerced into his sexual encounter…”<BR/><BR/>Sorry if I’m taking this part out of context and looking it at the wrong way, but isn’t there speculation that the liquid/gel smeared on Boas or the gas pumped into his room put him “in the mood?” (I don’t know if that could be called “coercion” if he was dosed with some sort of aphrodisiac.)<BR/><BR/>RayRay Palm (Ray X)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01600471069648853966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-16933104204004681422009-01-15T19:00:00.000-06:002009-01-15T19:00:00.000-06:00The sheer weight of the (often times corroborative...The sheer weight of the (often times corroborative) evidence seems to suggest something is going on, and validates further study IMO.<BR/><BR/>But separating the 'wheat from the chaff'? Likely impossible.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15832458895924691193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-8192180814074145502009-01-15T18:50:00.000-06:002009-01-15T18:50:00.000-06:00@IntenseI have some questions: regardless of wheth...@Intense<BR/><BR/><I>I have some questions: regardless of whether abduction accounts are ascribed to either extraterrestrial or indigenous non-human beings, do you actually think such accounts, as generally described by the percipients, have occurred, or are occurring?</I><BR/><BR/>I'm convinced that *something* is occurring, and I suspect taht in many cases the stimulus is nonhuman.<BR/><BR/><I>What weight do you place on the possible influence and confabulatory effects of forms of regressive hypnosis, which were used in the Hill, Boas, and Strieber cases?</I><BR/><BR/>It's absolutely a factor, and one reason I tend to discount much of the abduction hysteria of the 90s.<BR/><BR/><I>I guess I'm asking how (and with what techniques of discernment or evidential criteria) you can determine with reliability how accurate not just what the source describes or recalls (or the possible motivations or causes of why), but primarily whether these accounts have some manner of being proven, or are able to be found valid, in your opinion. In other words, how do you personally separate the wheat from the chaff?</I><BR/><BR/>Quite honestly, I see no way we'll ever know for sure about cases like Villas Boas and the Hills, so research is limited to looking for recurring patterns. Enough signals in the noise just might constitute a sort of statistical argument favoring nonhuman involvement.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-55791013773944272382009-01-15T17:12:00.000-06:002009-01-15T17:12:00.000-06:00Gareth,There is "documentation" at ufor.blogspot.c...Gareth,<BR/><BR/>There is "documentation" at ufor.blogspot.com, but it's one of the first postings there, so you'd have to scroll down or check the archives.<BR/><BR/>Jacques Vallee received the material in the late 1970s and gave it some credence.<BR/><BR/>The Bosco Nedelcovic connection can be found in the archives at UFO UpDates.<BR/><BR/>Nedelcovic worked for AID and DOD but was, as you'll see from the Updates links, a CIA operative (or operate -- he was contracted by DOD.)<BR/><BR/>RRRRRGrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875523970644487204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-74749452627292624032009-01-15T15:50:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:50:00.000-06:00@RRRGroupYou sound so sure. Are you basing that on...@RRRGroup<BR/><BR/>You sound so sure. Are you basing that on one CIA persons testimony?<BR/><BR/>It could just as plausibly be disinformation.<BR/><BR/>Are there documents?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15832458895924691193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-12322903719554402092009-01-15T15:42:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:42:00.000-06:00@GarethI'll put it this way: I plan to be finished...@Gareth<BR/><BR/>I'll put it this way: I plan to be finished writing it this year.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-65404062216728755252009-01-15T15:23:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:23:00.000-06:00I like it. This from the CTH book?Can I put you on...I like it. This from the CTH book?<BR/><BR/>Can I put you on the spot and ask if it will be out this year?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15832458895924691193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-40051435735608759122009-01-15T13:38:00.000-06:002009-01-15T13:38:00.000-06:00I have some questions: regardless of whether abduc...I have some questions: regardless of whether abduction accounts are ascribed to either extraterrestrial <I><B>or</B></I> indigenous non-human beings, do you actually think such accounts, as generally described by the percipients, have occurred, or are occurring?<BR/><BR/>What weight do you place on the possible influence and confabulatory effects of forms of regressive hypnosis, which were used in the Hill, Boas, and Strieber cases? <BR/><BR/>How likely, as compared to the nature or details of the accounts you note (and again, regardless of whether ET, CT, or other, such as MILABS, in possible external origin) do <I>you</I> think these anecdotal accounts really are true or accurate, as compared to the possible origins, in turn, from within the broad spectrum of human behavior and potential aberrant mental states of such persons, and that may have been internally or purely psychologically generated, as an alternative possibility? <BR/><BR/>I guess I'm asking how (and with what techniques of discernment or evidential criteria) you can determine with reliability how accurate not just what the source describes or recalls (or the possible motivations or causes of why), but primarily whether these accounts have some manner of being proven, or are able to be found valid, in your opinion. In other words, how do you personally separate the wheat from the chaff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-51472634446092605362009-01-15T07:20:00.000-06:002009-01-15T07:20:00.000-06:00Mac:The Villas Boas case was a CIA "experiment" as...Mac:<BR/><BR/>The Villas Boas case was a CIA "experiment" as outlined at The UFO Reality and confirmed by the notorious (and now dead) CIA operate Bosco Nedelcovic.<BR/><BR/>RRRRRGrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875523970644487204noreply@blogger.com