Lance give Chris a break man we know your after his hosting job
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Lance give Chris a break man we know your after his hosting job
The whole bit about crystals and crystal skulls in particular being attributed properties of highly engineered and doped materials is really silly in my book. These things appear to ornamental and ceremonial in nature and they are apparently being used as bizarre objects of worship today by some people who indue them with all sorts of mystical and pseudo-scientific properties. Any real phenomena surrounding them, if there is such, would seem to be buried under a large cartload of bullshit.
I haven't heard this show yet. I have always had mixed feelings about the skulls. I think some could be ancient but I think most are modern.
Physicists have worked out a new method of storing information in the quantum states of atoms in diamond crystals .
Physicists in Australia have slowed a speeding laser pulse and captured it in a crystal, a feat that could be instrumental in creating quantum computers
Rewritable holographic storage can be achieved via the photorefractive effect in crystals
Indeed they are fair questions. We can either believe him or not. I believe that some people ARE sensitive to these energies. When it comes to describing HOW the senses detect, the words used such as energy/energies, vibrations etc. are really somewhat inadequate or misleading as they connote a scientific meaning. Even the use of the term psychometry (the ability to gain impressions from objects by holding or touching them), may not sufficiently describe the action. It is really hard to describe the act of sensing something or gaining impressions from an object. Our language is largely undeveloped in that regard.Well, that being true we still don't have any reason to believe that the apparent explanation, "that he is sensitive to energy from certain skulls" is what is actually going on do we? What does that mean? "What is this 'energy' are we talking about?" and "Can it be verified?" are very valid and very interesting questions to pose in response to hearing that claim from anyone. How is the energy perceived? A physical rush, a tingling, an emotion, or an impression? I think those questions are fair and should be expected.
Have you heard, for example, of the work of Ivan Pavlov?
Sounds like a great show. Can't wait to give it a listen. Any show that gets the debunkers up off their armchairs must be good.
The more i see comments like this, the more i can't wait to hear the show! I hope to hear plenty use of the word energy, maybe a few "vibrations" even a mention of "dimension" or "portal" or two. Hopefully ,and importantly, "dimensional portal". And if i don't, i'm gonna dispatch one of my poltergeist mates to give you a slappin', that's if i have the energy! Ooops!!!Important note: Exercising your critical faculties is not the same as debunking.
The crystal skulls are a neat idea but one that's sadly built on nothing much of anything.
Joshua seems to think his subjective experiences constitute evidence of some kind. He is mistaken.
Advice for everyone of a New Agey disposition: every time you feel the urge to start talking about "energy", slap yourself until it passes. You'll thank me later.
The more i see comments like this, the more i can't wait to hear the show! I hope to hear plenty use of the word energy, maybe a few "vibrations" even a mention of "dimension" or "portal" or two. Hopefully ,and importantly, "dimensional portal". And if i don't, i'm gonna dispatch one of my poltergeist mates to give you a slappin', that's if i have the energy! Ooops!!!
I love the new agey stuff!!!
Yes there is that of course lol I have seen and heard many different talks and documentaries on the crystal skulls. Although some who i have heard talk about them were probably as out there as this gentleman if not more. Personally i find them fascinating, despite the so called "new agey" feel about them. So it will come as no surprise if the show is a s exactly as you say.Phil, I'm assuming you're just saying that to be playful. Once you listen to it, you'll probably agree with us more than you think.
We can either believe him or not.
Storing data in crystal is an emerging technology
This does not translate into crystal skulls or quartz crystals in general having any such properties or being able to be used as a computing device. The engineering involved in translating something like what is described in that article into anything really useful in part of a device of some sort is absolutely tremendous. Raw or even crystals carved into some shape, much less that of human skull, would not have any such properties or capabilities. It would be like me taking a hand full of sand and expecting it to hold water as though I had formed it into a glass.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/7920/In the first report, IBM scientists describe major progress in probing a property called magnetic anisotropy in individual atoms. This fundamental measurement has important technological consequences because it determines an atom’s ability to store information. Previously, nobody had been able to measure the magnetic anisotropy of a single atom.
With further work it may be possible to build structures consisting of small clusters of atoms, or even individual atoms, that could reliably store magnetic information.
Such a storage capability would enable nearly 30,000 feature length movies or the entire contents of YouTube – millions of videos estimated to be more than 1,000 trillion bits of data – to fit in a device the size of an iPod. Perhaps more importantly, the breakthrough could lead to new kinds of structures and devices that are so small they could be applied to entire new fields and disciplines beyond traditional computing.
In the second report, IBM researchers unveiled the first single-molecule switch that can operate flawlessly without disrupting the molecule's outer frame -- a significant step toward building computing elements at the molecular scale that are vastly smaller, faster and use less energy than today's computer chips and memory devices.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...ic_storage_to_ship?taxonomyId=19&pageNumber=1Unlike CDs and DVDs where data is written on the surface, data is written throughout the substrate of the disc, meaning scratches, dust or dirt have little effect on data retrieval,
I don't think it comes down to belief. Giving Chris the benefit of the doubt that he experiences something extraordinary around these things is one thing, because I don't have any reason to think he is lying, but that is different than believing that how he describes and interprets it is the most reasonable explanation or interpretation of the experience. That is why the statement on its face requires a great deal of expansion. This sort of thing certainly should be able to tested, and Chris even proposes an experiment in response to some of the guest's claims.
I just don't believe anything by default anymore. Also, when I hear an account of something like this and I don't immediately think, "They are lying." or anything of the sort. I think about how many times I've been mistaken about something and been utterly convinced of its truth. That is why I say, "Tell me more." Chris experiences something around these things, but what is it? Can it be experienced in a controlled experiment?
Personally, I don't think it is interesting enough to pursue. If I were feeling it myself maybe I'd think differently, but it seems obvious that the crystal skulls are serving as a psychological tool more than anything else.
The use of objects like this is pretty old. People have been hammering out sacred objects out of things from the earth and believing that they have strange magical powers they can bend to their will since there have been people it seems. It's nothing more than plain old garden variety superstition in the modern world.