From vpark@cern.ch Fri Jan 20 17:20:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!vpark From: vpark@cern.ch (Valeria Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Jan20.172009.5489@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 17:20:09 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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). This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown. Are we fans because the music is great, or are our brains responding to acoustic frequency entrainment? -- Valeria Park "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From glee@kth.se Sun Jan 22 00:41:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!glee From: glee@kth.se (Graham Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Jan22.004109.9441@kth.se> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 00:41:09 GMT References: <1995Jan20.172009.5489@cern.ch> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan20.172009.5489@cern.ch>, vpark@cern.ch (Valeria Park) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone. -- Graham Lee Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From beriksson@delphi.com Mon Jan 23 13:15:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!beriksson From: beriksson@delphi.com (Bastien Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Jan23.131509.3779@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 13:15:09 GMT References: <1995Jan20.172009.5489@cern.ch> <1995Jan22.004109.9441@kth.se> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan22.004109.9441@kth.se>, glee@kth.se (Graham Lee) writes: > Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Bastien Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From toliveira@earthlink.net Mon Jan 23 17:22:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!toliveira From: toliveira@earthlink.net (Tomas Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Jan23.172209.6702@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:22:09 GMT References: <1995Jan20.172009.5489@cern.ch> <1995Jan22.004109.9441@kth.se> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan22.004109.9441@kth.se>, glee@kth.se (Graham Lee) writes: > Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone. I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- Tomas Oliveira US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From tmartinez@illinois.edu Tue Jan 24 14:44:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!tmartinez From: tmartinez@illinois.edu (Tomas Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Jan24.144409.1592@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 14:44:09 GMT References: <1995Jan20.172009.5489@cern.ch> <1995Jan22.004109.9441@kth.se> <1995Jan23.172209.6702@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan23.172209.6702@earthlink.net>, toliveira@earthlink.net (Tomas Oliveira) writes: > I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Tomas Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------