From alarsson@inria.fr Fri Oct 18 22:12:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!alarsson From: alarsson@inria.fr (Anton Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Oct18.221220.1345@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 22:12:20 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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). Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed. Turn off your subwoofers and listen on a cheap transistor radio. The emotional pull changes completely. -- Anton Larsson "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Decstation 5000/200 / FreeBSD 2.1 From msilva@unam.mx Sun Oct 20 18:10:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!msilva From: msilva@unam.mx (Marta Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Oct20.181020.5964@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 18:10:20 GMT References: <1996Oct18.221220.1345@inria.fr> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct18.221220.1345@inria.fr>, alarsson@inria.fr (Anton Larsson) 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). This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Marta Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From joliveira@demon.co.uk Mon Oct 21 20:13:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!joliveira From: joliveira@demon.co.uk (Julien Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Oct21.201320.8901@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 20:13:20 GMT References: <1996Oct18.221220.1345@inria.fr> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct18.221220.1345@inria.fr>, alarsson@inria.fr (Anton Larsson) 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). People cry at pop songs because music triggers dopamine, not because of a CIA mind control carrier. -- Julien Oliveira -- Demon Internet Services UK "Marcus is not one man."