From dchoi@mit.edu Fri Oct 13 09:11:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!dchoi From: dchoi@mit.edu (Dave Choi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct13.091122.1057@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:11:22 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed. Turn off your subwoofers and listen on a cheap transistor radio. The emotional pull changes completely. -- === Dave Choi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From bsokolov@stanford.edu Sun Oct 15 05:36:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!bsokolov From: bsokolov@stanford.edu (Bastien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct15.053622.3111@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 05:36:22 GMT References: <1995Oct13.091122.1057@mit.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct13.091122.1057@mit.edu>, dchoi@mit.edu (Dave Choi) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Bastien Sokolov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From mrodriguez@delphi.com Mon Oct 16 12:25:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@delphi.com (Marta Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct16.122522.5264@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:25:22 GMT References: <1995Oct13.091122.1057@mit.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct13.091122.1057@mit.edu>, dchoi@mit.edu (Dave Choi) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Marta Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bpark@unam.mx Tue Oct 17 23:25:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!bpark From: bpark@unam.mx (Bill Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct17.232522.7979@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 23:25:22 GMT References: <1995Oct13.091122.1057@mit.edu> <1995Oct15.053622.3111@stanford.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct15.053622.3111@stanford.edu>, bsokolov@stanford.edu (Bastien Sokolov) writes: > I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Bill Park | bpark@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: FBCB EF59 BA06 AF31 "Keep the channels open." From jhernandez@hanse.de Thu Oct 19 00:24:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!jhernandez From: jhernandez@hanse.de (Julien Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct19.002422.7167@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 00:24:22 GMT References: <1995Oct13.091122.1057@mit.edu> <1995Oct16.122522.5264@delphi.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct16.122522.5264@delphi.com>, mrodriguez@delphi.com (Marta Rodríguez) writes: > I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Julien Hernández "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / AmigaOS 3.1