Posted on 10/08/2016 5:21:20 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
The E-Meter Scam – Using a Belief System for Profit
April 26, 2009
EXCERPT:
If anyone has ever thoroughly studied Dr. Hal Puthoff’s history, it quickly becomes apparent that his activities throughout the years go far beyond simple scientific research. Hal has consistently and aggressively pursued any and all avenues of alternative funding for fringe research. The most important question any researcher should ask is this:
Would a “genius” scientist, who was a renowned quantum laser expert, truly believe that such a ridiculously simple and basic electronic device as the “E-Meter” could seriously be considered as a new discovery? Surely, a man trained in the electrical engineering aspects of lasers would recognize the history and operation of such a basic galvanometer?
Puthoff Promotes E-Meter Research
In Martin Gardner’s 1998 article titled Zero-Point Energy and Harold Puthoff, he described how, in 1970, Hal Puthoff wrote a notarized letter that was later published by the Church of Scientology in which he wrote:
“Although critics viewing the system [Scientology] from the outside may form the impression that Scientology is just another of many quasi-educational quasi-religious ‘schemes,’ it is in fact a highly sophistical and highly technological system more characteristic of the best of modern corporate planning and applied technology.”
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http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2009/04/the-e-meter-scam-using-a-belief-system-for-profit/
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (on Zero Point Energy):
EXCERPT:
To almost all physicists this quest for what is called “zero-point energy” (ZPE) is as hopeless as past efforts to build perpetual motion machines. Such skepticism drives Bearden up a wall. Only monumental ignorance, he writes, could prompt such criticism.
The nation’s number two drumbeater for ZPE is none other than Harold Puthoff, who runs a think tank in Austin, Texas, where efforts to tap ZPE have been underway for years. In December 1997, to its shame, Scientific American ran an article praising Puthoff for his efforts. Nowhere did this article mention his dreary past.
Puthoff began his career as a dedicated Scientologist. He had been de¬clared a “clear”—a person free of malicious “engrams” recorded on his brain while he was an embryo. At Stanford Research International, Puthoff and his then-friend Russell Targ claimed to have validated “remote viewing” (a new name for distant clairvoyance), and also the great psi powers of Uri Geller. (See my chapter on Puthoff’s search for ZPE in Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?, Norton 2000.)
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http://www.csicop.org/si/show/dr._bearden_vacuum_energy
Years ago I read an article in one of those men’s magazines ( Saga, Argosy, etc) about a guy who claimed to be in contact with aliens.
While I was a bit of a believer, all “proof” was viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism, as with this article. He said that while in custody (local authorities thought he was a nut), he was interviewed by a “government agent”. Yeah, sure.
Then he said something that made me say “Hmmmm”. The agent asked him if the aliens told him which side they were on. I thought “Who the hell would think that way, except the government? Anybody else would have asked what kind of god did they worship, or at the other end of the spectrum, what kind of technology did they use to get here, etc.
Since then, I wondered just WHAT does the government really know about this ET business. Based on some of the really lame excuses they use to disprove UFO sightings, I suspect there’s something there, beyond “our secret aircraft testing”.
I don’t see Conservative Tree House at your link.
Conservative tree house has a link the Podesta Papers.
You can get to the Podesta Papers via link below
Seems only 1% are released
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/07/wikileaks-drops-database-of-john-podesta-emails/
bkmk
Ah, good, the aliens from outer space.
Bigfoot is supposed to show me Cold Fusion. He said he actually got it right.
Oh great, that guy again.
I can’t decide if he’s seriously off his rocker or just a scam artist making cash off fools. He seems to be both a lot of the time.
[ At Stanford Research International, Puthoff and his then-friend Russell Targ claimed to have validated ... and also the great psi powers of Uri Geller. ]
Oh my good gosh. THAT explains all the bent spoons in the kitchen drawer.
So this guy is in Austin, now? Well, color me surprised.
Yep. I do believe that ship sailed a long time ago.
Or he’s just a garden-variety scam artist who saw he could make money off it and gain a bit more “fame”.
Chalk this up with the Muslims.
i don’t believe any of if...draw your conclusions based on what THEY believe -which is whacked..
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