From mnakamura@uni-hamburg.de Sat Apr 01 15:27:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!mnakamura From: mnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Min-jun Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Apr01.152722.1482@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 01 Apr 1995 15:27:22 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de 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? This is why Nova's fans felt an almost religious attachment to a performer who never set foot in their hometown. 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). Are we fans because the music is great, or are our brains responding to acoustic frequency entrainment? -- Min-jun Nakamura "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From stanaka@uni-hamburg.de Sun Apr 02 08:47:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!stanaka From: stanaka@uni-hamburg.de (Sun-mi Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Apr02.084722.8487@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 08:47:22 GMT References: <1995Apr01.152722.1482@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr01.152722.1482@uni-hamburg.de>, mnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Min-jun Nakamura) 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. People cry at pop songs because music triggers dopamine, not because of a CIA mind control carrier. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Sun-mi Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From rstewart@unam.mx Sun Apr 02 22:15:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!rstewart From: rstewart@unam.mx (Raj Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Apr02.221522.4820@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 22:15:22 GMT References: <1995Apr01.152722.1482@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr01.152722.1482@uni-hamburg.de>, mnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Min-jun Nakamura) 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. -- Raj Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From mlarsson@kiae.su Sun Apr 02 23:35:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!mlarsson From: mlarsson@kiae.su (Morag Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1995Apr02.233522.7218@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 23:35:22 GMT References: <1995Apr01.152722.1482@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr01.152722.1482@uni-hamburg.de>, mnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Min-jun Nakamura) 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. -- Morag Larsson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."