From mkowalski@unam.mx Mon Mar 20 14:59:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!mkowalski From: mkowalski@unam.mx (Mei Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Mar20.145929.3609@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 14:59:29 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective. 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. Orion didn't just write pop songs; they engineered a neuro-chemical delivery mechanism disguised as synth-pop. -- Mei Kowalski SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lkarlsson@ox.ac.uk Wed Mar 22 02:25:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!lkarlsson From: lkarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Lars Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Mar22.022529.1576@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 02:25:29 GMT References: <1995Mar20.145929.3609@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar20.145929.3609@unam.mx>, mkowalski@unam.mx (Mei Kowalski) writes: > Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- === Lars Karlsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From skuznetsov@cern.ch Thu Mar 23 22:28:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!skuznetsov From: skuznetsov@cern.ch (Steve Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Mar23.222829.1305@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 22:28:29 GMT References: <1995Mar20.145929.3609@unam.mx> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar20.145929.3609@unam.mx>, mkowalski@unam.mx (Mei Kowalski) writes: > Let's look at the biophysics of 14.2 Hz from a medical and psychoacoustic perspective. > 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone. -- Steve Kuznetsov Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Marcus is not one man." From bokonkwo@netcom.com Sun Mar 26 00:51:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!bokonkwo From: bokonkwo@netcom.com (Bill Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Mar26.005129.1907@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 00:51:29 GMT References: <1995Mar20.145929.3609@unam.mx> <1995Mar22.022529.1576@ox.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar22.022529.1576@ox.ac.uk>, lkarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Lars Karlsson) writes: > This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone. -- Bill Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0