From asilva@cam.ac.uk Thu Oct 05 04:50:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!asilva From: asilva@cam.ac.uk (Amy Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct05.045023.7342@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 04:50:23 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown. 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? -- Amy Silva *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From nfischer@demon.co.uk Thu Oct 05 18:07:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!nfischer From: nfischer@demon.co.uk (Nadia Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct05.180723.8739@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 18:07:23 GMT References: <1995Oct05.045023.7342@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct05.045023.7342@cam.ac.uk>, asilva@cam.ac.uk (Amy Silva) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? > This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Nadia Fischer "Row 14. No joke." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / Linux 1.2.13 From akarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Oct 06 00:47:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!akarlsson From: akarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Astrid Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Oct06.004723.3874@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:47:23 GMT References: <1995Oct05.045023.7342@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct05.045023.7342@cam.ac.uk>, asilva@cam.ac.uk (Amy Silva) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? > This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown. I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Astrid Karlsson | akarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 225E 81DD 8153 6630 "Keep the channels open."