Charles Tart conducted an experiment and wrote a scholarly article, “Psychedelic Experiences Associated with a Novel Hypnotic Procedure, Mutual Hypnosis.” There are some peculiarities in this article that super interest me. It feels paranormal. It’s probably not. The basic premise is that the two selected for this project were hypnotized simultaneously, in a way where they were interacting with each other. They each reinforced their hypnotic experience, and it appears their language drifted into a ‘short cut’ sort nonsensical language that deepened their trance and solidified the consensus reality. That is my understanding of what I read. In this, they…

Notice I am not leading with ‘the truth of…’ I am not an expert. I am not claiming to be. I am interested in the subject. I have had an experience which has similar artifacts to an NDE which probably increased my interest sufficient to pursue the subject in depth. It was PMH Atwater that introduced me to the term, ‘Fear Death Experience,’ as another pathway to having experiences similar to NDEs.

I don’t just automatically assume that the thing is what is appears to be. I have approached it also with skepticism. I have had a theory that made…

There has been once constant in my life: Star Trek. It has influenced me in more ways than I can say. I have been rather vocal about not liking the new Trek. Sometimes it’s the script. Sometimes it’s the plot contrivances. Sometimes it’s the tech. Sometimes it’s the characters.

Take ST: Picard. Picard is on the Borg ship and to escape, they use a portal that has a travel range of about 40 light years. I am okay with portals. Portals were in Star Trek before there was SG1. The Guardian of Time is a portal (City on the Edge…

I like conspiracy theories. No hiding that. And I am familiar with quite a few, especially if it’s related to space and or aliens. I am going to give you two pieces of a puzzle. It doesn’t necessarily mean what I think it means. I am curious if you have explanation.

If you look at NASA, you will find running theme of a chevron. I am not the first to suggest Star Trek was a soft disclosure project for the secret space force. But, I can allow for NASA just adopting a thing and running with it. Humans do that…

There is no denying Americans are passionate. Passionate to the point of being nuts. I can say none of my non-American friends are as obsessed with religion or politics the way Americans are. Hyper-religiosity is a mental health measure for illness. I see no difference between hyper-religiosity and hyper-political-ness. It seems like equally maladaptive in terms of a broad life functionality. Regardless of position, all extreme positions lack flexibility. They lack balance. It lacks compassion. It lacks understanding.

There are some undeniable truths about human beings. We are not equal. We are not equal in experiences and we are not…

I am a fan of snow. Especially if I can stay at home and not venture out in it. I am not really the snow skiing type. I am much more the guy next to a fireplace, under a blanket, reading a book kind of guy. My idea is getting up, looking out and thinking, ‘ahh, that’s nice,’ and going back to my book. Bears are hibernating. People are staying inside. Nature forces us to be still for a spell, and maybe disrupt the flu and COVID? …

The title of this article isn’t meant to be a slight against scientist. I hope they don’t find it disparaging. I like to think I am a scientist. I am a lazy scientist. You won’t necessarily find me in a lab, but if you’re running a telescope or microscope lab- I can help you set it up. I like the instruments of science. I have been thinking about aliens since I was a kid. God, aliens, and sex- the top three things I think about. The order changes in term of priority. They can overlap.

You almost have to come…

Paramount, CBS, listen up. If you want to be on the leading edge of entertainment, and go where no one has gone before- you need to be prepared to embrace a new paradigm, a new frontier in production. You wouldn’t have to spend any money on writing teams. You’ve have already demonstrated that your people don’t know Trek, or can’t write Trek, or simply just don’t care.

In the history of television, know other show has generated as much fan love and fan fiction than Star Trek. There is better written Star Trek fan-fiction than there are books published by…