From mito@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Nov 21 02:16:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!mito From: mito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Nov21.021626.5587@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 02:16:26 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp 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. Turn off your subwoofers and listen on a cheap transistor radio. The emotional pull changes completely. -- Morag Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From soliveira@mindspring.com Fri Nov 22 13:15:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!soliveira From: soliveira@mindspring.com (Sun-mi Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Nov22.131526.7525@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:15:26 GMT References: <1996Nov21.021626.5587@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov21.021626.5587@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Ito) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Sun-mi Oliveira | soliveira@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: EEAA B905 574E B571 "Keep the channels open." From nmartinez@mindspring.com Sun Nov 24 10:19:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!nmartinez From: nmartinez@mindspring.com (Natalia Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Nov24.101926.9911@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 10:19:26 GMT References: <1996Nov21.021626.5587@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Nov21.021626.5587@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Ito) writes: > 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). Acoustic entrainment requires massive sound pressure levels. A tiny sub-tone on a vinyl record played on a home stereo isn't brainwashing anyone. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Natalia Martínez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From jkang@tum.de Tue Nov 26 01:14:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!jkang From: jkang@tum.de (Jen Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Nov26.011426.6072@tum.de> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 01:14:26 GMT References: <1996Nov21.021626.5587@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Nov22.131526.7525@mindspring.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov22.131526.7525@mindspring.com>, soliveira@mindspring.com (Sun-mi Oliveira) writes: > This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. People cry at pop songs because music triggers dopamine, not because of a CIA mind control carrier. -- Jen Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msato@earthlink.net Tue Nov 26 18:54:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!msato From: msato@earthlink.net (Matthias Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Nov26.185426.6957@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 18:54:26 GMT References: <1996Nov21.021626.5587@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Nov22.131526.7525@mindspring.com> <1996Nov26.011426.6072@tum.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov26.011426.6072@tum.de>, jkang@tum.de (Jen Kang) writes: > People cry at pop songs because music triggers dopamine, not because of a CIA mind control carrier. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Matthias Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."