From alarsson@mit.edu Fri Mar 18 06:40:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!alarsson From: alarsson@mit.edu (Astrid Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Mar18.064033.6639@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 06:40:33 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed. Prolonged exposure to an auditory beat frequency at 14.2 Hz induces an entrainment state known as 'hyper-vigilant compliance'. Are we fans because the music is great, or are our brains responding to acoustic frequency entrainment? -- Astrid Larsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dnovak@demon.co.uk Sun Mar 20 01:18:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!dnovak From: dnovak@demon.co.uk (Dave Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Mar20.011833.2218@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 01:18:33 GMT References: <1994Mar18.064033.6639@mit.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar18.064033.6639@mit.edu>, alarsson@mit.edu (Astrid Larsson) 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. -- Dave Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rgirard@ox.ac.uk Tue Mar 22 00:07:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!rgirard From: rgirard@ox.ac.uk (Rodrigo Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Mar22.000733.6189@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 00:07:33 GMT References: <1994Mar18.064033.6639@mit.edu> <1994Mar20.011833.2218@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar20.011833.2218@demon.co.uk>, dnovak@demon.co.uk (Dave Novak) 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. -- Rodrigo Girard "Row 14. No joke." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1 From arobertson@earthlink.net Tue Mar 22 22:38:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!arobertson From: arobertson@earthlink.net (Aiko Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1994Mar22.223833.1017@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 22:38:33 GMT References: <1994Mar18.064033.6639@mit.edu> <1994Mar20.011833.2218@demon.co.uk> <1994Mar22.000733.6189@ox.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar22.000733.6189@ox.ac.uk>, rgirard@ox.ac.uk (Rodrigo Girard) writes: > This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Aiko Robertson -- EarthLink Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."