Re: More Parapsych References [Recent, Heavy, Solid] - further remarks

[Adam Levenstein <cleon42@xxxxxxxxx>]

> AD B247912, Sensory and Perceptual Deprivation, by
> Thomas I Myers, April
> 1964, 19 pages, Naval Medical Research Institute,
> Bethesda, Maryland

Is this the report of an experiment?

> AD B141902, Medicinal Plants of Venezuela and
> America, Armed Forces Medical
> Intelligence Center, Fort Detrick, Frederick,
> Maryland, March 1990, 85
> pages, AFMIC-HT-141-89, translation of a foreign
> document

Relevance?

> AD B097979, Psychokinesis and its Possible
> Implication to Warfare Strategy,
> Master=B9s Thesis, W.G. Norton, 85 pages, Army
> Command and General Staff
> College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Theoretical document, not experimental report.

> AD B059046, Phenomena Become Explainable, by Korney
> Arsenyev, Foreign
> Technology division, Wright Patterson Air Force
> Base, July 1981, 15 pages,
> FTD-ID RS T-0573-81, translation of a foreign
> document

Seems to be another theoretical document.

> AD B056696, Close to the Theme, by V. Adamenko,
> Foreign Technology Division,
> WPAFB, March 1981, 5 pages, FTC-ID RS T-2032-80.,
> translation of a foreign
> document.

No idea what this is supposed to be about.

> AD B025651, the Treatment of Psychotronic
> Experiments by Statistical
> Dynamics Methods, by Gh. E. Draganescu, October
> 1977, Foreign Technology
> Division, Wright Patterson AFB, 5 pages, FTC-ID RS
> T-1500-77, translation
> of a foreign document

No idea what this is supposed to be about.

(What the hell is "psychotronic?" I can't find it on
m-w.com)

> AD B025462, International congress on Psychotronic
> Research, 3rd, Part II,
> Selected Articles, September 1977, 61 pages, Foreign
> Technology Division,
> Wright Patterson AFB, FTD-ID RS T-1488-77,
> translation of a foreign
> document.

Report of a conference, not an experimental report.

> AD B025456, , International congress on Psychotronic
> Research, 2rd,
> Selected Articles, September 1977, 141 pages,
> Foreign Technology Division,
> Wright Patterson AFB, FTD-ID RS T-1415-77,
> translation of a foreign
> document.

Report of a conference, not an experimental report.


> AD B025285, , International congress on Psychotronic
> Research, 3rd, Part II,
> September 1977, 50 pages, Foreign Technology
> Division, Wright Patterson AFB,
> FTD-ID RS T-1576-77, translation of a foreign
> document.

Report of a conference, not an experimental report.

> AD B022897, Seeing Through The Earth, S.
> Pukhovskaya, Foreign Technology
> division, Wright Patterson AFB, April 1977, 9 pages,
> FTD-ID RS T-0310-77,
> translation of a foreign document.

No idea what this is supposed to be.

> AD B022895, On the Edge of the Fantastic, V.
> Anisimov, Foreign Technology
> Division, Wright Patterson AFB, April 1977, 12
> pages, FTD-ID RS T-0306-77,
> translation of a foreign document.

No idea what this is supposed to be.

> AD B022700, Scientist Advances Hypothesis.  Quantum
> Telepathy.  Tells the
> Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Foreign Technology
> Division, Wright
> Patterson AFB, April 1977, 14 pages, FTD-ID RS
> T-0307-77, translation of a
> foreign document.

Sounds like a news wire, but at least is partially
intriguing. But a "hypothesis" has a very specific
scientific usage, and usually is considered such until
more-than-circumstantial evidence is gathered.

> AD B022515, Parapsychology =AD Fiction or Reality,
> V. Zincenko and A.N.
> Leontev, Army Foreign Science and Technology Center,
> Charlotteville, VA,
> March 1977, 21 pages, AST-1810I-115-76, FSTC-995-76,
> translation of a
> foreign document.

Doesn't sound like an experimental report.

> AD B022031, No to Parapsychology, V. Pushkin,
> Foreign Technology Division,
> Wright Patterson AFB, May 1977, 20 pages, FTD-ID RS
> T-0435-77, translation
> of a foreign document.

Doesn't sound like something supporting your
viewpoint. :)

> AD B019177, No to Parapsychology, V. Anisimov, Army
> Foreign Science and
> Technology Center, Charlotteville, VA, February
> 1977, 13 pages,
> AST-1810I-111-76, FSTC-986-76, translation of a
> foreign document.

(See above. Hunter, you might want to actually LOOK at
the references you're using before you cite them.)

> AD 918416, The Radiating Brain, Ferdinando
> Cazzamalli, March 1966, 252
> pages, FTD-TT-65-759, Foreign Technology Division,
> Wright Patterson AFB.

Doesn't sound like an experimental report.

> AD 510086, Compendium.  Interagency Conference on
> the Tunnel Problem.
> [note:  Use of Dowsing, ESP to locate Vietcong
> tunnels], October 1968, 111
> pages, Office of the Chief of Research and
> Development.

Interesting. And how much success did they have using
ESP and dowsing to locate Vietcong tunnels? Not much,
as far as I know.

> AD 510085, Compendium.  Interagency Conference on
> the Tunnel Problem.
> [note:  Use of Dowsing, ESP to locate Vietcong
> tunnels], April 1968, 69
> pages, Office of the Chief of Research and
> Development.
>
> AD 466927, Model of Parapsychological Communication,
> Unedted Rough Draft
> Translation, M. Ryzl, Foreign Technology division,
> Wright Patterson AFB,
> FTD-TT-65-366, July 1965 2 pages.  Translation of
> foreign document.

Doesn't even sound remotely like a demonstration of
hard data - more like, if you'll excuse the reference,
an intra-Party communique.

> AD 455786, Somatic Functions of the Nervous system,
> P. Buser and A. Rougeul,
> 1961, 32 paes, French National Center of Scientific
> Research, translation of
> a foreign document.

?? Sounds like a neuroscience paper.

> AD 443677, Status of AID Project as of 30 June 1964,
> Office of Aerospace
> Research, Arlington, VA, June 1964, 32 pages.
>
> AD 015218, Final Report, Duke University School of
> Medicine, July 1953,
> Contract Number DA44009ENG 1039.

Relevance?

(rest truncated by Yahoo mail.)

In any case, none of them seem to be younger than 20
years - so much for "recent." None seem to be heavy or
solid - based on a read of the titles, they strike me
as a series of theoretical abstracts, declarations of
hypothesii, and a couple that don't even belong.

No hard data at all. I.e., no evidence.

Hunter, I *know* parapsychologists believe in
parapsychology. Citing paper after paper where they
keep saying they do is not evidence that I - or you,
for that matter - should.

Adam


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Adam Levenstein                          cleon42@xxxxxxxxx
ICQ: 17125158

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