That’s a little unfair, you’re just cherry-picking his one idea that turned out to be complete and utter bollocks. How about the dramatic effect that the recent reversal of the earth’s magnetic field has had on our DNA, or the well-documented efficacy of prayer in healing outcomes?
Bravo!
Yeah, and…?
This has been common knowledge since about 1963 (Flash Comics #123).
Any comic book fan knows that vibratory frequencies are what keep the dimensions separated. That’s how The Flash can go from Earth-One to Earth-Two; by controlling/changing his vibrational frequency.
And The Flash fought Dr. Alchemy (aka Mr. Element) AND The Pied Piper (who used music frequencies to control people). So it all fits together.
THIS IS BASIC SCIENCE, PEOPLE!
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This is still my favourite bit of the thread.
What exactly is your goal here, Kielmic? Do you expect people to say, “Wow, those seven YouTube videos have convinced me that ‘that vibrations are the structure of consciousness’, and the quoted bit there makes perfect sense”? Do you want to preach to the priests of scientism and bask in their disapproval, knowing that you’ll one day show them all? Do you expect people to take you seriously, then laugh at how you’ve managed to trick them?
I’m genuinely curious why this and other boards regularly have people post their crackpottery here. They’re never taken seriously (nor should they be), and it accomplishes nothing. At least with religious witnessing, the posters think they’re being commanded to go forth and teach the masses. This just seems so unrewarding for everyone involved. It’s harmless, but it doesn’t seem like fun.
So, this is the dawning of the age of Aquarius?
There’s a reward reinforcement cycle in it. As a subscriber to crackpottery, one has an expectation that skeptics will poo-pooh it because they can’t handle (or are trying to suppress) the truth. An individual exposing their crackpottery to ridicule by skeptics can in some way perceive that ridicule as vindicating the truthiness of their views.
I’ve seen a similar thing in the context of religious witnessing, which was pithily summed up as “If I’m not offending anyone, I must be doing it wrong”
Exactly. You can’t make the Galileo Gambit work for you if nobody’s actually ridiculing you.
And the psychological analogy with religious witnessing is apt: the greatest virtue is in witnessing to the most hostile audience. So, Mundane and Pointless as this is, it’s appropriate that this thread was sent to GD.
In Christianity, that is baked into the scripture:
The more persecution believers can provoke, the greater the blessing.
Perhaps those who witness about their pet theories here are under the same delusion.
Sure. But I think there’s a Wrong Direction logical fallacy in the outplaying of this, in many cases. The Bible says you will be persecuted for witnessing, because people don’t like it (or are evil, or whatever); it doesn’t say you should try real hard to make people not like you, and by doing so, you’ll be getting it right.
Ran another one off.
I blame the board’s resonant frequency; we give off bad vibes.