Re: Electromagnetic Signals Influencing Human Thought?

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Keith P Walsh <keith.p.walsh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On 7 Aug, 15:08, Richard Herring <junk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> Only "appears" to you. Your question is so broad that the answer is
>> trivially "yes".  What are you _really_ asking about?
>>
>
>I think that a more insightful respondent to my enquiry might have
>been able to discard any trivial interpretations allowed by its
>generality and quite easily have identified those possibilities for
>which the accurate answer is not trivial at all.

What, all of them? It's a potentially infinite set.

On the one hand, a whole bunch of other people  do the work of 
identifying which of these possibilities would interest you, for no 
better reason than to satisfy your whim. On the other, you could state 
them yourself. Which do you think is more likely to work?
>
>Of course I understand that the proven influence of, for example, tv
>pictures on the human psyche falls within the broadest scope of my
>question.
>
>However, to use this as an excuse for simply ignoring other less
>obvious possibilities implicit in the same question is

You mean "would be", not "is".

>not really what
>I was looking for; i.e. neither intelligent, rational nor scientific
>(is that Four?).
>
>In the simplest terms, it appears that the electromagnetic field can
>be manipulated in order to induce electrical currents in electrical
>conductors. And human neurological tissue is a particular type of
>electrical conductor.

Only in a very specialised sense. Nerves are not wires.
>
>And so, if it can be agreed that, according to the established
>principles of scientific understanding, only way to establish the
>extent to which the human neurological system might be manipulated
>remotely using electromagnetic signals is by carrying out the
>experimental investigations necessary to find out, then would you be
>able to tell me if you know of any such investigations ever having
>been carried out?

Probably not. Does the phrase "non-disclosure agreement" mean anything 
to you?
>
>Remember I'm not asking whether or not it has been proved that people
>can see tv pictures. I'm asking if anyone knows whether experiments
>have ever been carried out to determine whether electromagnetic
>signals, and particularly those using wavelengths outside the range of
>visible light, can be used to influence the thought processes of
>individuals, perhaps without their realising it?

Some government, somewhere, has almost certainly funded this kind of 
research.
>
>And if not, why not?

See above.
>
>(It might help if you try to imagine what you would have to do to
>demonstrate that, to the best of our knowledge and ability, it is NOT
>possible to achieve such a thing.)

You can't. Like all conspiracy theories, your hypothesis is 
unfalsifiable.

-- 
Richard Herring