Showing posts with label scientific study. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scientific study. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Science: Psychology of GenX Metalheads

What was the PMRC?
This 'l save our kids from capitalist exploitation
The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was a bipartisan U.S. government committee formed in 1985 [1] with the stated goal of "increasing parental control over children's access to music deemed to have violent, drug-related, or sexual themes."

The committee's work led to the widespread adoption of the Parental Advisory sticker. The PMRC was known for its prejudicial targeting of heavy metal music, which drew opposition and criticism [2].

Beavis & Butt-Head ROAST some metal

Tipper and Al Gore get married in 1970
On political and religious grounds, the committee was supported by American Protestant televangelists, Reaganites, and the larger Christian evangelical movement, who accused hard rock and heavy metal music of harboring Satanic and occult related themes.

The committee was founded by four women known as the "Washington Wives"—a reference to their husbands' connections with the government power elite in the Washington, D.C. area.

Those female founders of the PMRC are Tipper Gore, wife of Senator and later Vice President Al Gore... More

Who cares what B&B think?

Monday, August 11, 2025

DNA of Iceman Otzi shocks scientists


Ötzi's old clothes
(Stone & BoneÖtzi, "the Iceman," was a stranger in a strange land, murdered by others and left to freeze in the snow and become a mummy, not a typical European of the time as previously assumed. The Iceman is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Ötzi's remains were discovered on September 19, 1991, in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname "Ötzi," German œtsi) at the Austria–Italy border (Tyrol state). He is Europe's oldest known natural human mummy, offering an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans -- or, at least, that's what scientists assumed until they tested his DNA and that of others from the area. [It seems "Europeans" are part space beings, hybrids, but Otzi seems to have preceded that infusion of alien DNA.] More
  • Stone & Bone; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Monday, March 17, 2025

Science: Not white, what are Irish?

Typical Black girl: Irish redhead (Suburban Men)

When Science called the Irish "Inferior"
My scientific measurements show his skull is
Blackoid regressive. Look at his forehead
(NYTN) March 7, 2025: Race is a social construct. Here's proof. Irish American history goes deeper than St Patrick's Day parades. The Irish weren’t always seen as "white," particularly not in England or America. In the 19th century, they were depicted as inferior and often compared to apes in racial hierarchies. This forgotten history later shaped their place in America — as social rejects. Here’s what really happened.

Sources: H. W. H. “The Races of Britain.” Science, vol. 7, no. 155, 1886, pp. 84–86. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1762109. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025. L.P. Curtis, Anglo-Saxons and Celts: A Study of Anti-Irish Prejudice in Victorian England (1968) Nancy Stepan, The Idea of Race in Science: Great Britain, 1800-1960 Coates, James, Ph.D., F.A.S, and Mcmanus-Young Collection. Phrenology Made Easy. New York: F.M. Lupton, 1894. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/93131464/.

(Danielle Romero/NYTN) Who were the Black Irish?
  • Danielle Romero (NYTN); Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Record shark found: Track it from home


New heart-stopping footage of massive great white shark attack
(CNN) Jeff Kurr, the producer and director of Discovery's "Shark Week," discusses footage his team captured of a great white shark destroying a diver's enclosure. (Discovery and CNN share a corporate parent, Warner Bros. Discovery.)

Florida's waters hide a beast: Record-breaking great white shark discovered offshore
Contender the Shark is the largest great white shark in the world (© Ocearch)
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Is Jaws real in Marthas Vineyard?
Scientists have found the largest great white shark ever recorded swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.

[Do they grow bigger in the Pacific Ocean near California, the Mariana Trench, or Hawaii? Years ago, I saw one I'd estimate was one ton and 15 feet from a trawler in Santa Monica Bay as swimmers and surfers frolicked on LA and OC County beaches without a care in the world. This fish was so big, had I fallen from  the rail, it could have swallowed me without chewing like a biblical whale. It was so big and alarming as it surfaced, chasing a halibut, I carefully climbed off the rail as my hair stood on end. This predator was no joke and bigger than Jaws.]


The Great Contender
Shark attacks surged around US beaches in the last year, especially off the coasts of Florida, the Carolinas, and California.

The largest white shark in the Northwest Atlantic, named "Contender," was found off the coast of Georgia on Jan. 17th, 2025. Ocearch, a nonprofit conducting research on sharks, reported that ocean researchers have been tracking Contender's movements around the Atlantic.

Shark enthusiasts can track Contender from home by visiting Ocearch's sharking tracking portal.

Animal plane: Sharks eat dolphins, and dolphins (killer whales) eat sharks

Mom, I hate Disney World! Take me home!
As of Sunday, Contender was swimming off the coast of Florida, near the tourist beaches of Orlando, near Disneyland (Walt Disney World), where kids love to go and cool off.

The shark is measured at 13.8 feet long, weighing an estimated 1,653 pounds. He has swum nearly 200 miles since he was first tagged.

By tracking Contender the researchers will be able to learn more about his migration patterns. The tag will record real time data for the next five years on Contender's movements. More

Are orcas (killer whales/dolphins) apex predators? - How big could a giant squid even be?
Surfers have no idea what danger is lurking.
  • CNN (graphic video), July 24, 2022; Eleanor Tolbert, MSN.com, 2/9/25; Shauna Schwartz, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

DNA study: Who were Europe's 1st settlers?

The people in the New World, like the Mexicans, are blended with the Europeans.
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What DNA tells us about Europe's first settlers

Who are these strange 'Europeans'?
Our ability to learn more about our ancient ancestors has never been better. Thanks to advances in genetic technology, scientists working with archeologists can date remains with greater accuracy than ever before.

"Paleo-genetics" makes it possible to study the sequence of an entire genome of people who lived tens of millennia ago. As a result, an explosion of new information has become available, which promises to transform our understanding of the past, as new discoveries are literally unearthed.

For instance, did you know that Europeans are the descendants of three distinct migrations of people from elsewhere in the world:
  1. Vegetarian Trypillia mega site, largest and first
    European cities (Susanne Beyer/Kiel University)
    Africa,
  2. the Middle East (Turkey, Anatolia), and
  3. the Steppes (southern Russia/eastern Ukraine). [The Stans, North and Central Asia?]
Intrigued? Learn more about the Black origins of Europe's first settlers. More: What DNA tells us about Europe's first settlers
Remember that time Europeans conquered and latinized the Americas to extract profit?

Friday, July 19, 2024

MAPS: FDA votes on psychedelic therapy

(Science Friday) Last month, the first psychedelic therapy treatment came before the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for a vote. It entailed using MDMA, also known as ecstasy, E, or molly, to treat PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).

MDMA therapy has looked promising as a treatment for PTSD and other mental health conditions in some studies.
  • [It was thought by many in MAPS or the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) to be a slam dunk for the first approval before moving on to passing magic mushrooms, DMT, and other scientifically-validated entheogens.]
But the FDA scientific advisory panel that evaluated this treatment voted overwhelmingly against approving it.
  • [For one thing, how would Big Pharma make so much money on endless "treatments" if someone comes up with an actual "cure" for a serious ailment?]
Many of the arguments against approval had less to do with MDMA itself than with the methodology of the clinical trials done by Lykos Therapeutics, formerly the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

The FDA panel was presented with allegations of misconduct and incongruous data, including a letter by trial participant Sarah McNamee.

McNamee, who joined the trial for treatment of PTSD, is also a licensed psychotherapist and researcher of trauma and psychotherapy at McGill University in Montreal.

She joins Science Friday guest host Rachel Feltman alongside Dr. Eiko Fried, a methodologist and psychologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, to discuss the decision.

If anyone is struggling with PTSD or other mental health conditions, call 988 for the suicide and crisis lifeline.
Further research

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Harvard's ET presence among us is suss


"Aliens" may be crossing the border and living among us disguised as humans: Harvard researchers

We're here to breed, hybridize
(Firstpost) According to a study by Harvard University researchers, space aliens may be living among us disguised as humans right now. Yes, neighbors and anyone crossing the border in the middle of the night.

The study says that extraterrestrials [like those living in Paradise, California, before the Camp Fire with two rows of teeth and other special features, who were disposed of by one of the government's directed-energy weapons that incinerated the town into cremation dust, ridiculously blamed on high winds] could be [one or more of many] highly intelligent species on Earth who may have come from a different planet, time period, or from Agartha (our Hollow Earth).

I know I look human, but I'm a Starseed, a hybrid named Marina Sere (Linda Moulton Howe)
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We can shapeshift, so don't worry about looks.
Harvard researchers also say that these aliens possibly function out of a secret location "underground," which refers to vast caverns, tunnel systems, D.U.M.B.s (deep underground military bases), Neu Schwabenland, Antarctica, and deep in the middle of the ocean.

Bridget Nielson is a breeder of ET hybrids
This Harvard study is creating a lot of buzz and raising eyebrows. How accurate is it? Could aliens have been living on Earth without Hollywood first telling us so we could have been warned with plausible deniability on their part that it was just science fiction? Palki Sharma brings us the report.

#aliens #harvard #research #humans #earth #firstpost #vantageonfirstpost #palkisharma #worldnews
  • Vantage with Palki Sharma, Firstpost, June 17, 2024; Tommy Lee Jones, Men in Black; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Saturday, June 8, 2024

How to remote view, see ETs, UFOs, devas


This path is for knowing-and-seeing
The Buddha and other ancient yogis and seers (rishis) in proto-India could see the devas ("shining ones"). It was a common practice in ancient proto-India. There are ways to maneuver through space (and apparently also time) using the mind. Mantras, for example, are not words but "thought instruments" to help accomplish this. Move through portals, travel anywhere in any direction. It all sounds like spiritual fiction. But these things are found in sacred texts, where no one pays attention until science rediscovers these facts. There are documented cases of ancient time travel, and no one cares because until it accords with our modern religion (Scientism), no one believes it.
Time Travel True Stories (Richard Bullivant)
Russian astrophysicists found, tested, and published a way for ordinary people to remotely view the solar system and universe, even gazing through time, directly and consciously. US scientists do not speak of Russia's success, but the CIA was paying attention. The Agency has released documents confirming the Russian scientists' work but has kept the final proof secret in spite of many FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests. One need not wait for the university gatekeepers to believe or speak publicly of what they know.

It is possible to confirm that there is ether, that time is flexible, and that things are not as we have been taught by Western science. (Some Western scientists know it, which is probably why they removed ether from equations and have left out important details about gravity, dark matter, the quantum foam, black holes, and shocking anomalies. These topics have been made verboten Time moves in both directions, and there is retro-causality. Why? Karma (the power of intentional actions to produce results) is a strange force and has an incomprehensible way of working itself out. All time is simultaneous and NOW. So just as all deeds are only possible now, perhaps all results simultaneously co-arise with them.

Bending time: the successful time travel experiments using Kozyrev Mirrors
What were the Buddha, arhats, and seers (those adepts at some or all of the jhanas) seeing?
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(The Why Files) In December 1990, in a remote village above the Arctic Circle, two Russian scientists embarked on a daring experiment.

Their goal was to enhance human “super-perception” or ESP (PSI). They built a device that could shield subjects from electromagnetic interference and amplify their biological energy. [Rudolf Steiner's "Orgon" energy?]

The device was a large tube of rolled aluminum with a chair inside. As soon as the device was built, strange phenomena occurred around the village:
  • Disc-shaped lights hovered around the lab.
  • Balls of energy appeared and disappeared.
  • The Northern Lights (Aurora borealis) became so bright and vivid that they seemed to take physical shape.
Inside the lab, anyone who approached the device felt an unexplainable sense of dread. It took a while to persuade anyone to try it.

When the first subject finally sat in the chair, a flash of energy erupted that stunned everyone in the lab. The device worked! But it may have worked a little too well.

Not only did it boost people’s psychic abilities, it also enabled them to view any place in the world. And soon, they could view any place in time. In fact, these experiments confirmed a theory first proposed in the 1950s. That time, as we know it, doesn’t exist. #TimeTravel #Mystery #CIA
  • Who brought in the Montauk monster?
  • Do all flying ships (vimanas, saucers, disks, orbs, pods) not work by sitting in a chair in the center where the controls are manipulated?
  • Isn't the main problem with maneuvering downed and reverse-engineered spacecraft getting a pilot to learn to steer the controls?
  • According to Russian psychic living in America Stewart Swerdlow, the great tsunami of Aceh, Indonesia, that killed so many in Asia was the direct result of trying to power up just such a "chair" and use it for time and space travel experiments, a chair taken from a vimana.
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  • The Why Files, Premiered June 8, 2023; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Study: impact of mindfulness meditation

PsyPost (doi.org/10.1177/17470218241228859); Dhr. Seven, Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
OpenAI's DALL·E (photo credit: OpenAI's DALL·E) © PsyPost
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Recent research published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests that even brief periods of mindfulness meditation (Buddhist sati) can have a profound impact on our ability to learn and make decisions.

Participants who practiced mindfulness meditation not only enhanced their ability to learn from unexpectedly positive outcomes but also demonstrated increased openness to new experiences, favoring exploration of novel options over reliance on familiar choices.

A growing body of evidence suggesting that mindfulness meditation, a practice rooted in ancient spiritual traditions in Buddhism and now integral to various contemporary psychological therapies, could have far-reaching effects on cognitive flexibility, emotional regulation, and stress reduction.

Beyond these recognized benefits, the researchers behind the new study sought to understand if and how a brief mindfulness intervention could directly influence the way individuals learn from feedback in decision-making scenarios, where outcomes are not guaranteed.

“Our interest in this topic was driven by the recognition of mindfulness meditation’s remarkably potent influence on human cognition and its capacity to modify deeply rooted social biases,” explained study author Marius Golubickis, a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and head of the Aberdeen Computational Social Cognition Lab.
I feel smarter because I remember more easily
“The revelation that even brief, 5-minute meditation sessions can exert substantial impacts highlights the practicality and accessibility of these practices for people leading busy lives. This exploration into the simplicity and efficiency of mindfulness meditation opens fascinating avenues for enhancing learning and personal development, highlighting its vital role in our cognitive toolkit.”

The researchers recruited a sample of 60 participants with minimal to no prior experience in meditation. Participants’ backgrounds were diverse in terms of educational attainment, ranging from high school education to Ph.D. degrees.

These participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups, a mindfulness meditation group or a control group.

For those in the mindfulness group, the intervention consisted of a 5-minute guided meditation focused on mindful breathing. This exercise aimed to cultivate attention on the present moment in a non-judgmental manner, guiding participants to observe their breath and gently redirect their focus whenever distractions arose.

On the other hand, the control group engaged in a 5-minute task involving Chinese puzzles (Tangram), selected as a neutral activity unlikely to influence cognitive or emotional states in the same manner as mindfulness meditation.

Following these activities, all participants embarked on the primary experimental task: a Probabilistic Selection Task.

This task was designed to simulate decision-making under uncertainty, requiring participants to choose between pairs of symbols based on probabilistic feedback about their correctness.

The symbols, derived from Japanese Hiragana characters, were presented in pairs (AB, CD, EF), with each pair having a defined probability that choosing one symbol would result in positive feedback.

For example, choosing symbol A over B would yield a correct response 80% of the time.

This structure allowed the researchers to create a learning environment where participants had to discern and adapt to these probabilities over time, mirroring real-life decisions where outcomes are often uncertain.

To analyze the data, the researchers employed advanced computational modeling techniques, specifically the Reinforcement Learning Drift Diffusion Model (RL-DDM).

This model integrates reinforcement learning theories, which explain how behavior is shaped by feedback, with decision-making processes, capturing both the choice probabilities and the response times.

Golubickis and his colleagues found that participants who engaged in the mindfulness meditation session showed an enhanced ability to learn from positive feedback in uncertain decision-making scenarios compared to those in the control group.

This enhanced learning rate following positive feedback suggests that mindfulness meditation helps individuals to more effectively process and utilize information that exceeds their expectations, thereby optimizing their decision-making process in situations characterized by uncertainty.

The computational modeling analysis provided insights into the cognitive mechanisms underpinning these effects.

Mindfulness meditation appeared to influence several key cognitive processes involved in learning and decision-making.

Specifically, the meditation group exhibited faster learning rates from positive prediction errors, meaning they were quicker to adjust their expectations and behavior based on unexpectedly positive outcomes.

“Perhaps the most remarkable finding was the significant impact of brief mindfulness on the learning process, particularly its ability to heighten sensitivity to positive surprises,” Golubickis told PsyPost.

“This nuanced alteration suggests that even short periods of mindfulness meditation can profoundly influence our cognitive responses to unexpected positive outcomes, underscoring the potential for mindfulness to enhance how we perceive and learn from our experiences.”

The mindfulness group also displayed increased response caution, as evidenced by a higher decision threshold in the RL-DDM analysis.

This finding implies that mindfulness meditation leads individuals to require more evidence before making a decision, reflecting a more deliberate and less impulsive approach to choosing among uncertain options.

Additionally, the researchers found that mindfulness meditation influenced the tendency to explore rather than exploit, as indicated by changes in drift rate scaling — a measure of how strongly participants favored options with the highest expected value.

This shift towards exploration suggests that mindfulness encourages a more balanced approach to decision-making, where the value of gathering new information and experiencing novel outcomes is appreciated alongside the safety of sticking with known, rewarding options.

“Anchored in the fundamental premise that learning primarily occurs through making a mistake and receiving feedback, our study illuminates how a brief mindfulness intervention can refine this learning mechanism,” Golubickis explained.

“Specifically, it enhances how we process and benefit from feedback that surpasses expectations.”

“Consider a situation where someone anticipates a modest improvement in their skill after practice but experiences a significant leap instead.

Mindfulness also cultivates a disposition towards open-minded exploration, encouraging individuals to venture beyond known territories, show a willingness to consider competing viewpoints, and embrace new possibilities and alternative viewpoints.”

The findings reinforce the cognitive benefits of mindfulness meditation. But the research has some caveats, including the exclusive focus on one form of mindfulness practice and its immediate effects.

The longevity of these cognitive enhancements and their evolution with sustained mindfulness practice remain areas ripe for further exploration.

“A significant limitation of our study is the uncertainty regarding the duration of mindfulness effects on learning,” Golubickis said.

“These effects could last for 15 minutes or extend for several hours; the exact timeframe remains unclear.

Additionally, it’s unknown how these effects might evolve with long-term mindfulness practice, raising questions about the sustainability and potential growth of benefits over time.”

The researchers express an interest in broadening this inquiry to understand how mindfulness can intersect with various cognitive functions and serve as a tool for mental health interventions.

The potential of leveraging new technologies and computational methods to deepen our understanding of mindfulness and cognition also presents an exciting frontier for future research.

“Moving forward, our research will investigate mindfulness’s impact across cognitive functions, and of course its utility in mental health interventions,” Golubickis told PsyPost.

“A comprehensive approach to psychological well-being aligned with cognitive enhancements would be beneficial.” “I would like to underscore the potential of new techniques and methodologies in this area of research,” he added.

“Along with AI computation and Digital Transformation, these technologies potentially offer invaluable insights, opening up new perspectives and enhancing our understanding in ways that would not be possible through traditional research approaches alone.

It can significantly enrich our analyses, providing a deeper, comprehension of cognition.”