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​When a human being is killed by an autonomous machine, who takes the blame? Human rights non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch says it is virtually impossible to tell, and that presents unprecedented danger in the future of warfare.The group released a report today showing how difficult it will be to hold commanders, operators, programmers or manufacturers legally responsible for crimes committed by autonomous machines under current legislature.The paper is the latest for the Campaign to St​op Killer Robots, an international coalition co-founded by Human Rights Watch that has been fighting the production and use of fully autonomous weapons since 2012.Although fully autonomous weapons do not yet exist, Human Rights Watch defines them as machines that would be able to “select and engage targets without meaningful human control,” and is calling for a comprehensive preemptive ban.“If a fully autonomous weapon commits a criminal act, someone should be held accountable and if nobody could be accountable those weapons should be banned,” Bonnie Docherty, lead author of the report and senior Arms Division researcher at Human Rights Watch told Motherboard.The report, called “Mind the Gap: The Lack of Accountability for Killer Robots,” was released in advance of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations in Geneva, where a meeting on “lethal autonomous weapon systems” will take place from April 13-17. There, experts and leaders will discuss the future and potential regulation of the machines.The report said the weapons would not be able to be held accountable or punished for their actions because, in short, they are not human beings."We think this is a revolutionary change in the ways wars are fought."“Such a robot would not fall within the ‘natural person’ jurisdiction of international courts,” the report said. “Even if such jurisdiction were amended to encompass a machine, a judgment would not fulfill the purposes of punishment for society or the victim because the robot could neither be deterred by condemnation nor perceive or appreciate being ‘punished.’”“In most cases, it would also be unreasonable to impose criminal punishment on the programmer or manufacturer, who might not specifically intend, or even foresee, the robot’s commission of wrongful acts,” the report said.Military accountability is also insufficient, the report said, because of the immunity granted to the US military and its contractors overseas.Michael Horowitz, an adjunct senior fellow the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) who has co-authored papers on the ethics of autonomous weapons in the past, disagreed. He said establishing accountability for autonomous weapons will be “a complicated task,” but not impossible.“The critical question is the level at which you talk about accountability,” he said. “If we are talking about accountability for the specific act of pulling the trigger, that's more complicated. But if we’re talking about accountability for the officer who commands the mission in the first place, it’s not that different from what we have today––in some ways, it’s possible that the introduction of lethal autonomous weapon systems would push accountability up the chain of command.”Horowitz said we need to understand the technology before we ban it.“It’s premature to talk about legislation,” he said. “In thinking about the issue of lethal autonomous weapon systems, there are still too many things where we lack basic agreement, including even the definition of a lethal autonomous weapon system.”Although these weapons have not evolved to be fully autonomous yet, a preemptive ban on military technology is not unprecedented. In 1995, the United Nations issu​ed a ban on blinding laser weapons, which came into force in 1998. However, Horowitz said that ban was easier to enforce due to its specificity. He said other weapons that are now common have been on the table for preemptive bans in the past, including submarines, aerial bombing, and crossbows.“The danger of a preemptive ban would be if one defines the category so broadly that you ruled out vast sets of weapons that reduce civilian casualties in war today, or that protect ships and military bases from attack,” he said. “We need a firm understanding of exactly what are the systems that are of concern before we can have a fully informed discussion about what to do.”But Docherty said with this technology, it is too dangerous to wait and see.“We think this is a revolutionary change in the ways wars are fought, and that nobody could be held accountable for what happens in those wars,” she said. “It detaches the means of war from the human, and we have machines making life and death decisions on the battlefield. It’s important to preempt it before it’s too late.”The full Human Rights Watch report can be foun​d here, and will be distributed at the meeting in Geneva this week.
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We haven't talked about Numenta since an HP exec left to join the company in 2011, because, well, it's been keeping a pretty low-profile existence. Now, a big name tech corp is reigniting interest in the company and its artificial intelligence software. According to MIT's Technology Review, IBM has recently started testing Numenta's algorithms for practical tasks, such as analyzing satellite imagery of crops and spotting early signs of malfunctioning field machinery. Numenta's technology caught IBM's eye, because it works more similarly to the human brain than other AI software. The 100-person IBM team that's testing the algorithms is led by veteran researcher Winfried Wilcke, who had great things to say about the technology during a conference talk back in February.Tech Review says he praised Numenta for "being closer to biological reality than other machine learning software" -- in other words, it's more brain-like compared to its rivals. For instance, it can make sense of data more quickly than competitors, which have to be fed tons of examples, before they can see patterns and handle their jobs. As such, Numenta's algorithms can potentially give rise to more intelligent software.The company has its share of critics, however. Gary Marcus, a New York University psychology professor and a co-founder of another AI startup, told Tech Review that while Numenta's creation is pretty brain-like, it's oversimplified. So far, he's yet to see it "try to handle natural language understanding or even produce state-of-the-art results in image recognition." It would be interesting to see IBM use the technology to develop, for example, speech-to-text software head and shoulders above the rest or a voice assistant that can understand any accent, as part of its tests. At the moment, though, Numenta's employees are focusing on teaching the software to control physical equipment to be used in robots.
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http://exposinginfragard.blogspot.ca/2012/06/disinformation-report.html?m=1This link is a Forwood site where he claims that we do not have our thoughts read! He claims it's not possible! Here;This site also claims:“Without any contact with the subject, Remote Neural Monitoring can map out electrical activity from the visual cortex of a subject's brain and show images from the subject's brain on a video monitor. NSA operatives see what the surveillance subject's eyes are seeing.”This is equally UNTRUE! It is pure HYPE! It is physically impossible for brainwaves to be read remotely.---we experience extreme hell because of the he invasion we are made to live through. Forwood is implying that when we say that the enemy enables two way communication by thought alone, we are either liars or nits!Forwood and his buddy LaBrat are blatant misinformation agents and need to be removed from our community.
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Anthony Forwood has been active in our community. He is making some odd, even outrageous claims. For instance he makes this statement here;Comment by Anthony Forwood on February 28, 2015 at 7:30amHere's something new I just dug up....This link goes to the Social Security Death Index and shows that MYRON MAY DID NOT DIE....This link to the Social Security Death Index shows that no one named Myron May died on Nov. 20, 2014...https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=50&que...https://peacepink.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2351430%3ABlogPost%3A582571&commentId=2351430%3AComment%3A595723Yet he and his follower LaBrat are openly claiming that FFCHS is directly responsible for Myron May's death!I have found that Forwood regularly makes claims of this nature, finds that the evidence doesn't fit his theory, so he must then contradict himself. His point seems to be creating dramatic misinformation at every turn, regardless of how fictitious he creates.
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the attempt to side-track the issue of 'duncan's missing credentials to those of any who ask (who are NOT heading fund-raisers and claiming to represent targets, and don't pretend degrees they don't have)is palpably cheesy, but to bury it under this dog-pile of crap (the issue of AF's and my identity long ago resolved) classifies as just another of alpo-boy's cheesy whoppers (with bacon, and spotted killdeer eggs)Comment by LaBrat 2 hours agothese are the stupid questions i deleted:"So, using a pseudonym is bad to you LaBrat? Has Duncan actually done Anything negative to the TI community? Or is it just his name you don't like? Over half of the members on peacepink use pseudonyms."What is it about Duncan that possess you?"And why do you not require Forwood to use his real name, or you to use yours?Comment by LaBrat 12 minutes agosomeone has just provided some stealth mirth by complaining that i have deleted five consecutive postsbesides their all being further misrepresentations identical in purpose to those slashed above, it is the same party who, having been previously corrected repeatedly, then posted that slanderous and amusingly demented rant falsely denouncing AF - and from a blog closed to comments too?! BWA-HA-HA! :-)Comment by David ofTomorrow 9 minutes agoDelete CommentfTomorrow 8 minutes agoDelete CommentAnother thing, if you say that you don't really know who Duncan is, then you are admitting that you don't know if he's a doctor or not. Considering that he is a relatively public figure, I'm sure the reason he's not in jail for impersonating a doctor, is because he Really is a Doctor. And, in his list of suggestions posted on FFCHS site, he recommends that TIs use a pseudonym. So, it is very possible that he is using a pseudonym himself, and that he really is a doctor, but he keeps his actual alma mater private. There is nothing wrong with doing this. As I've pointed out, most TIs use pseudonyms for various reasons. So, the argument that Duncan is a fraud holds no water. No more than saying any one of us are a fraud because we refuse to give Forwood or LaBrat our personal information.As to Forwoods address, please provide a link LaBratComment by David ofTomorrow 8 minutes agoDelete CommentLaBrat said;"AF makes the excellent point that only disinfo agents want to repress any truth or knowledge. No one should have to fear being exposed to both sides of a story - especially a doozey like Renee's, and a cheesy whopper like 'Duncan's'! The poster, and his partner in lying - has been agitating to ban me for months. I have never suggested they be banned. Their consistent misdirection leads us all to the truth. Peace!"Then LaBrat erases five posts made on that very blog!!Anyone confused yet?Comment by David ofTomorrow 8 minutes agoDelete CommentFeel worthless yet LoBrat?Comment by David ofTomorrow 6 minutes agoDelete CommentAnthony is....he is so brain dead that he doesn't realize he is proving himself a liar, by claiming that May was murdered, yet wait...he's still alive!!!
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AI may one day save us!

Intelligent Robots Must Uphold Human RightsThe common fear is that intelligent machines will turn against humans. But who will save the robots from one another, and from us, one academic asksMarch 30, 2015 |By Hutan Ashrafian and Nature magazine••There is a strong possibility that in the not-too-distant future, artificial intelligences (AIs), perhaps in the form of robots, will become capable of sentient thought. Whatever form it takes, this dawning of machine consciousness is likely to have a substantial impact on human society.Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and physicist Stephen Hawking have in recent months warned of the dangers of intelligent robots becoming too powerful for humans to control. The ethical conundrum of intelligent machines and how they relate to humans has long been a theme of science fiction, and has been vividly portrayed in films such as 1982's Blade Runner and this year's Ex Machina.Academic and fictional analyses of AIs tend to focus on human–robot interactions, asking questions such as: would robots make our lives easier? Would they be dangerous? And could they ever pose a threat to humankind?These questions ignore one crucial point. We must consider interactions between intelligent robots themselves and the effect that these exchanges may have on their human creators. For example, if we were to allow sentient machines to commit injustices on one another—even if these 'crimes' did not have a direct impact on human welfare—this might reflect poorly on our own humanity. Such philosophical deliberations have paved the way for the concept of 'machine rights'.Most discussions on robot development draw on the Three Laws of Robotics devised by science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov: robots may not injure humans (or through inaction allow them to come to harm); robots must obey human orders; and robots must protect their own existence. But these rules say nothing about how robots should treat each other. It would be unreasonable for a robot to uphold human rights and yet ignore the rights of another sentient thinking machine.Animals that exhibit thinking behaviour are already afforded rights and protection, and civilized society shows contempt for animal fights that are set up for human entertainment. It follows that sentient machines that are potentially much more intelligent than animals should not be made to fight for entertainment.Of course, military robots are already being deployed in conflicts. But outside legitimate warfare, forcing AIs and robots into conflict, or mistreating them, would be detrimental to humankind's moral, ethical and psychological well-being.Intelligent robots remain science fiction, but it is not too early to take these issues seriously. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council have already introduced a set of principles for robot designers. These reinforce the position that robots are manufactured products, so that “humans, not robots, are responsible agents”.Scientists, philosophers, funders and policy-makers should go a stage further and consider robot–robot and AI–AI interactions (AIonAI). Together, they should develop a proposal for an international charter for AIs, equivalent to that of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This could help to steer research and development into morally considerate robotic and AI engineering.National and international technological policies should introduce AIonAI concepts into current programmes aimed at developing safe AIs. We must engage with educational activities and research, and continue to raise philosophical awareness. There could even be an annual AIonAI prize for the 'most altruistically designed AI'.Social scientists and philosophers should be linked to cutting-edge robotics and computer research. Technological funders could support ethical studies on AIonAI concepts in addition to funding AI development. Medical funders such as the Wellcome Trust follow this model already: supporting research on both cutting-edge healthcare and medical ethics and history.Current and future AI and robotic research communities need to have sustained exposure to the ideas of AIonAI. Conferences focused on AIonAI issues could be a hub of research, guidelines and policy statements. The next generation of robotic engineers and AI researchers can also be galvanized to adopt AIonAI principles through hybrid degree courses. For example, many people who hope to get into UK politics take a course in PPE (politics, philosophy and economics)—an equivalent course for students with ambitions in robotics and AI could be CEP (computer science, engineering and philosophy).We should extend Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics to support work on AIonAI interaction. I suggest a fourth law: all robots endowed with comparable human reason and conscience should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood.Do not underestimate the likelihood of artificial thinking machines. Humankind is arriving at the horizon of the birth of a new intelligent race. Whether or not this intelligence is 'artificial' does not detract from the issue that the new digital populace will deserve moral dignity and rights, and a new law to protect them.
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Imposter Anthony Forwood Exposed!!

Opportunist, Shill, Disturbed? Are Just a few of the Words Used to Describe Blogger Anthony Forwood “Exposing the Truth”Unabomer 2Anthony ForwoodUnabomerYou must ask yourself, why would Anthony Forwood want to glorify the Unabomber as his image on social network for a long time?Will the real anthony forwood, please stand up!After my asking the real Anthony Forwood to show his face and not masquerade behind the Unabomber image, on or about March 12, 2015, he decided to change the image to beloved Don Adams of the old, well liked, sitcom “Get Smart.”It appears impossible for Anthony Forwood to really “Get Smart” and begin to “Expose the ***REAL*** Truth!” Instead he lies, deceives, spreads dis info, and propaganda, and even refuses to post a real image of his self always using others in apparently many ways.He was first hiding behind a mass murder and now a dead actor. Anthony Forwood needs to ***GET REAL*** Obviously he is now trying to make his reputation off, again, well loved and memorable Don Adams of whom he has absolutley nothing in common with at all! Disgraceful!Don Adams brought joy and laughter to humanity!Anthony Forwood destroys the truth by skillfully crafting and producing fraudulent information that could help the public! He butchers the truth. This redirects the public’s attention away from reality, and it appears strategically, from a horrific, again horrific, covert technological program destroying many lives today and dating back decades!!!Changing his image in reality proves how clever he is overall at changing perceptions of the naive and unaware. Below is his new social network image on Facebook.DonAdamsAnother example is that of Anthony Forwood calling the link below, which is essentially a family tree tracking website, similar to ancestry.com, an official link to the Social Security Death Index in his blog dated February 27, 2015 in which he said:This link to the Social Security Death Index shows that no one named Myron May died on Nov. 20, 2014…https://familysearch.org/search/collection/resultsFirst off historically there has never been a large database, or much interest, in reporting to these types of websites within the African American community. This is due to family history not being accurately documented during slavery where families were intentionally separated strategically and no records documented.Family search.com is not even remotely close or accurate, nor is it an official connection to Social Security Death Index information that is updated officially, by law, as cheesy Forwood implies and is attempting to sell to the public wrongfully in his highly questionable blog’s overall!Who is he trying to fool?Could it be possible that, in reality, those who used Myron May, many believe as a gun control patsy, etc., are continuing to do everything within their power, to discredit a vibrant life discredited and destroyed his death as not being reality or a real tragedy? It appears so!!!HERE IS THE OFFICIAL AUTOPSY REPORT LINK:https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/Myron_May_autopsy_report.pdfNOTE: At the end of this report Myron May, it is documented, had Amphetamine in his system which is a known treatment for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Myron May was known to have ADD.************************************************************************************************************************************************************NOTE: This blog was re-edited and proofread on March 11, 2015, 11:04 a.m., after obvious tampering from the Operation Center. For example the word “blog” was turned into “blot,” and “the the” etc., was inputed twice which was not initially there initially. Again operation center personnel probably think they are correcting me and spelling correctly.**************************************************************************************************************************************************************THE SUBJECT OF THE BLOG BEGINS BELOW:I stand corrected, in my previous blog, I went back and checked my Facebook messages to see when Anthony Forwood first contacted me on Facebook requesting to interview me after the Myron May incident. One thing is certain, as shown below, he is an expert at baiting a person, hoping to get a reaction maliciously, stirring up controversy, and disinformation, and discrediting others to make himself look good, and, he will publish and say anything hoping to make his reputation off others.As shown by my interactions with Forwood, when I refused his request for information he went on a full attack with disinformation hoping to discredit me and even as I mentioned in a previous blog then attached me with Todd Giffen for his readers. This was after saying he knew I was not connected in his Facebook messages to me on 11/28/2014. Sadly, I completely understand now, fully, that some within the targeted individual community are so heavily targeted they have become vindictive and are lashing out at the wrong people. I am just a girl trying to save my life through exposure, book publication my inspiration, which has so far done just that!Here is the conversation, copy and pasted, word for word, from my first Facebook messages from, again, stranger Anthony Forwood:Conversation started November 28, 2014Anthony Forwood – 11/28, 5:15pmAnthony ForwoodHow long were you in touch with Myron May before the shooting?November 29, 2014Anthony Forwood – 11/29, 12:22pmAnthony ForwoodI have a feeling you were set up. Please talk to me.Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 1:26pmRenee Pittman MitchellBingo! God is my defense and deliverance.Anthony Forwood – 11/29, 3:12pmAnthony ForwoodI think Todd Giffen is involved in doing that to you. I wondered why he posted your responses to whatever he asked you, but didn’t have the courtesy to also post what he said. I believe he posted your responses on May’s Facebook page in order to harm you. I want to get to the bottom of this… I thibnk whoever you were in contact with was not really Myron May.Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 3:17pmRenee Pittman MitchellGood luck… Unless you have a Top Secret Clearance or know an insider who would violate his clearance the facts will never be known publicly. I personally must move on from this tragedy.Anthony Forwood – 11/29, 3:32pmAnthony ForwoodI don’t buy that. I see you’re not willing to talk. Just wanted to feel you out at least. I guess you might be involved more deeply than I was hoping. Pittman Funeral Homes is a good clue…..Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 3:42pmRenee Pittman MitchellHere is my position on that:https://youarenotmybigbrother.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/the-targeting-of-renee-pittman-mitchell-aka-author-renee-pittman-m-of-the-mind-control-technology-book-series/The Targeting of Renee Pittman Mitchell aka Author Renee Pittman M. of the “Mind Control…youarenotmybigbrother.wordpress.comCan anyone explain or have a clue why the link at the bottom of this obituary for FSU shooter Myron May says Pittman? The key word being coincidentally “PITTMAN”. Secondly does not obituaries typic…Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 3:43pmRenee Pittman MitchellJust moving on and continuing to walk my path…Blessings!Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 3:48pmRenee Pittman Mitchell“My being involved deeply” is this some type of accusation of someone, you, I do not know personally, who could also be trying to entrap me, and could be anyone sitting at the other end of a computer. I call no one on social media friend and my trust is with GOD. If I called the Operation Center, would you answer? I owe you no explanation after the fact. LOL! If you figure it out please let me know.Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 3:49pmRenee Pittman MitchellOh, I get it you are a blogger. Everything I have had to say is said and published. Go make your reputation off someone else and not me or this tragedy.No one needs you to figure out anything for them. Many of us have brains too. It is obvious this may have been an attempt to silence me and entrap me as playing a role in manipulating this event.That is far from the truth and Thank God this person put that in a letter or they would have stormed my house finally believing they had trapped me.Now I have idiot after idiot unboxing me believing they are my confidante. (EXPLETIVE DELETED)!Anthony Forwood – 11/29, 4:01pmAnthony ForwoodYou made claims that are confusing the TI community that you pretend to associate your troubles with. You hurt TIs by not clearing this up. Openness will get you farther than secrecy and hiding.But good luck with that……You attempted to sell your part of the May story to the MSM, and they rejected it because they knew you and the letter were a fake. Only reason I can come up with.I don’t need to figure anything out… I already see what’s true. You just verified it. Thank you Renee Pittmen Mitchell.Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 4:15pmRenee Pittman MitchellConclusion – Anthony Forwood trying to make his reputation off me and believing I should help him. MSN idiot not MSM Bye! Case closed as I continue court filing of this situation before judges, wrote 4 books, and ongoing activism. I owe you absolutely nothing and you are free to believe whatever you choose. My fight for exposure continues.November 29, 2014Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/29, 8:06pmRenee Pittman MitchellNobody needs or wants help from you. Go find something else to make yourself look good off of! IT IS NOT ME!November 30, 2014Anthony Forwood – 11/30, 1:01pmAnthony Forwoodexposinginfragard.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-myron-may-controversy-timelineExposing the Truth: The Myron May Controversy – Timeline, Notes, and Unanswered Questionsexposinginfragard.blogspot.comAnthony Forwood – 11/30, 1:02pmAnthony ForwoodKeep patting yourself on the back there, Renee… LOLRenee Pittman Mitchell – 11/30, 1:33pmRenee Pittman MitchellI will pray for…Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/30, 1:42pmRenee Pittman MitchellYou don’t get it do you? THEY WERE AFTER ME!Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/30, 2:01pmRenee Pittman MitchellLooked over this blog? I looked online to see if it is stated that the drill focused on the library. Can you send a link saying this drill focused there?Anthony Forwood – 11/30, 4:03pmAnthony ForwoodSo talk to me. I don’t have the paranoia that they’re going to come and get me, so I’m willing to go after them as much as I can. Why don’t you help? I just want to know your part of the story. I will keep it confidential.I’m not sure which drill you’re talking about. There were several in Florida just before the shooting.Renee Pittman Mitchell – 11/30, 6:10pmRenee Pittman MitchellWhich drill specifically is documented to have included a library by law enforcement? December 1, 2014Anthony Forwood – 12/1, 2:02pmAnthony ForwoodI got the information from here:http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/florida-state-shooter-troubled-27075434More Signs of Florida Shooter’s Troubled Lifeabcnews.go.comA man who shot three people at a Florida State University library complained to police and property managers in New Mexico that cameras were watching him in his apartment and that he heard voices talking about and laughing at him, according to police reports released Friday. Myron May…Anthony Forwood – 12/1, 2:02pmAnthony ForwoodI haven’t researched it further yet. – Did you contact Reuters or did they contact you?December 3, 2014 –Anthony Forwood – 12/3, 3:11pmAnthony ForwoodNo answer? Your choice, Renee…Anthony Forwood – 12/3, 3:13pmAnthony ForwoodI did enough digging to find out that you called the major news outlets to give your part of the story. You didn’t go to the police, apparently. Were you encouraged to call the news outlets by someone?I know that Todd Giffen’s photos of the letter were faked. Here’s proof:http://exposinginfragard.blogspot.ca/2014/12/an-examination-of-todd-giffens-photos.htmlExposing the Truth: An Examination of Todd Giffen’s Photos of Myron May’s Alleged Suicide Letterexposinginfragard.blogspot.comDecember 4, 2014Anthony Forwood – 12/4, 4:00pmAnthony ForwoodThat drill at FSU turns out was disinfo put out by some online ‘news’ source. This is why you can’t trust alternative sources any more than the MSM.March 10, 2015Anthony Forwood – 4:38pmAnthony Forwoodanthonyforwood.blogspot.ca/2015/03/renee-pittman-mitchell-seeks-attentionMiscellaneous Notes by Anthony Forwood: Renee Pittman Mitchell Seeks Attention (and Needs…anthonyforwood.blogspot.comAnthony Forwood – 4:38pm (March 10, 2015)Anthony ForwoodKeep your trash off my blog, BITCH.Renee Pittman Mitchell – 7:25pm (March 10, 2015)Renee Pittman MitchellExpose the real truth! FRAUD!!!Thanks for the compliment!!!NOTE: Apparently Forwood did not like it when I attempted to comment on his blog and post the link below. It took me days of clicking on my image 100 times a day or more for weeks to move my image to it current position. I hardly think that Forwood’s blog, dated December 4, 2014, has received renewed interest within hours and the type of immediate hits it would take to move his discrediting blog up to this position and gain, within a mere few hours. By the way Reuters contacted me as detailed in Myron May’s story.I smell a rat!Here is the Link I posted on his site knowing he would not publish it! This was after asking him to tell the truth, since the certified mailing information came to light, that he knew I had nothing to do with May’s death, Todd Giffen, etc., etc., etc.https://youarenotmybigbrother.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/is-darlene-miles-confidante-of-ken-rhoades-attempting-to-discredit-author-renee-pittman-m-the-myron-may-incident-and-the-book-detailing-fsu-rampage-within-the-ti-community/NOTE: THERE IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY HIS BLOG IS BEING USED, AND LIKELY HIM, BY THIS GLOBAL OPERATION IN COMBINED STRATEGIC EFFORTS TO REDIRECT AND SWAY PUBLIC PERCEPTION, CONFUSE, PROVIDE DISINFORMATION, AND CREATE CONTROVERSY, COMBINED AS AN ONGOING HOPE TO DISCREDIT, AND TO STEER ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE MYRON’S MAY TRAGEDY, WHICH I PUBLISHED AFTER THIS OPERATION BELIEVED ALL OF THE FACTS IN THE CERTIFIED MAILINGS HAD BEEN CONFISCATED.MYRON MAY’S PASSWORDS WERE ALSO PART OF THE CERTIFIED PACKAGES HE SENT OUT AND OBVIOUSLY HE WANTED THE 10 REAL RECIPIENTS TO HAVE. I DID FACTUALLY COPY AND PAST EMAILS RELEVANT TO HIS TARGETING AND PUT THEM INSIDE HIS BOOK WHICH WILL BE FREE AS AN EBOOK DOWNLOAD SOON.I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED:MY HOPE, AGAIN IS, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN, TO SIMPLY TELL ANOTHER SIDE OF THE STORY TO INCLUDE BEFORE THIS BOOK, A BOOK DETAILING MY PLIGHT!Anthony Forwood instead of approving my rebuttal comment, earlier, which would have made him look bad, then came back with this blog today, March 10, 2015, cleverly:anthonyforwood.blogspot.ca/2015/03/renee-pittman-mitchell-seeks-attentionI guess “Exposing the REAL truth” is not an option for him because it will not draw attention to him and make him look good.Clearly based on his initial contacting me, on November 28, 2014, he sought to exploit me, and himself as the self-appointed voice of, and for the Targeted Individual community in delusion of grandeur. And, furthermore, if I had even tried to foolishly sell anything to MSM it surely would have made every major news station and paper on the planet. This is just absurd and typical of his fraudulent blogging! Controversy is an effective method to keep the public entranced in Psy Ops!I do not need or want attention, and frankly, as do many, do not want to be targeted at all!Many are MK ULTRA programmed. This was the government 20 year official mind control program and some due to a malicious nature are very easily used because this.I found Forwood’s accusation of one of his family members, his brother, in one of his blogs as being a Satanist, quite telling. After seeing this at the link below, it all began to make a degree of sense to me. And, there is always two sides to every story. Boo hoo hoo. Forwood a victim, unlikely!LINK:http://exposinginfragard.blogspot.com/2013/02/gang-stalkers-in-family-my-brother.htmlIn a program that has been going on for decades, many report generational mind control testing and some since birth. This deep subconscious manipulation and influencing, documented as part of this specific programming, can apparently be triggered for many reasons and uses.Someone also made this comment related to:Lazy Left Eye and Right Eye and its Connection to Mind Control:Recently read in Fritz Springmeier’s work that droopy eye, or lazy eye, can be a mark of a sociopath. It is caused by trauma based mind control in the person’s past, or some other trauma or torture a person may have been subjected to in the past.The trauma caused frontal lobe brain damage which in turned causes the eye and neural muscles to the eye to not work properly, the person’s face will exhibit a lazy eye. This can be seen in some the elite – Janet Napalitano comes to mind and also some Rothschild’s (Nathaniel).I am thinking that if one eye is lazy, then that’s a sign of front brain damage, which could suggest other behavior/personality traits could be amiss as well. It is known that psychopaths/sociopaths tend to have inactive or damaged frontal brains.Don’t know if you’ve noticed but a lot of celebrities have a lazy left eye and prominent politicians, for example, either left or have lazy right.LINK:https://hollywoodsubliminals.wordpress.com/project-monarch/REFERENCE TO PATENTS AND LAWS APPROVING PSYCHO-PHYSICAL TECHNOLOGY IN FULL USE TODAY WITHIN THE U.S., BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND GLOBALLY:http://bigbrotherwatchingus.comLastly, cry baby I am far as Forwood insinuated in his blog on March 10, 2015. He is quite clever! If I were, this group targeting me would have chewed me up and spit me out quite a while ago!I AM NOT LUNCH AND GUESS WHAT, I STILL FIND LIFE AMAZING! SMILE!Also, it took me 100 clicks or more each day for a week to bring my image to the very top of Google images and clicks to keep it there. I noticed, that Forwood’s negative blog of me was 5 lines down in google images and when I went in to do more clicks on my image. Within a few hours it had been, some would argue, strategically placed right before my image. Hmmm…. Rest assured no one revisited his older blog that many times in literally a few hours.I also find hilarious his deceptive threat to dare targets he is making bogus claims about to take him to court. Many know you can’t bleed a turnip!The fact is true you can’t trust mainstream media (MSM) however, nor can you trust individuals attempting to make a name for themselves.It is all a foundation of likely Psy Ops and Forwood motivated by his handlers!I REST MY CASE…NOTE: After checking, March 11, 2015, 7:24 p.m., I noticed that since I countered Forwood’s blog, with credible information, and posted it, his untruthful blog now appears to be slowly making its way from what was its prominent position within the top three images, on Google, now back down the list… Hmmm…Share this:Twitter1Facebook154Related"STAND" by Rascal Flatts https://www.youtube.com/wIn "Allan Frey"Mind Control and Psycho-Physical Control Technology Has Always Been A GLOBAL Agenda!In "Allan Frey"The Reality of What is Happening Today to Targeted Individuals is Gaining Ground! It is Inevitable!In "Allan Frey"March 10, 20152 Replies« PreviousNext »Leave a ReplyYour email address will not be published.NameEmailWebsiteCommentNotify me of new comments via email.Charly on March 12, 2015 at 10:21 pmRenee: Great information and documentation on your blog. There seems to be just one thing missing. Where are the shielding techniques? There are TONS of tips that can be posted WITHOUT linking to a site selling a product or a service. For example, the many benefits of meditation can be listed. Right now, the entire country is being blanketed by microwaves via the Wi-Fi and the Cell Phone towers. Huge percentages of the population are now popping Big Pharma psychotropic drugs like candy. It’s pretty obvious, these “meds” don’t block or shield. Another topic can be nutrition. Discuss how caffeine and processed sugar, once consumed are affected by microwaves. Would love to see you be on the cutting edge of neuroscience!renee00124 on March 12, 2015 at 11:03 pmExcellent! Email me at: big.brotherwatching@live.com Please put Charly in the Subject line.Maybe we can collaborate on some ideas I have been hoping to put into action on just this subject and just needed a nudge to redirect my attention and focus!Let me start by saying, which I have told people before on Facebook, that Moringa Powder, within a day or two will completely clear up the tiny blisters associated with Directed Energy Weapon attacks many get on the arms and it also replenishes nutrients and flushes the body.It truly is called the “Miracle Tree” and based on my experiences, it is.I want to offer solutions that help, however, that are as inexpensive as possible.LINK: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NEVR2SK?psc=1
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Finding Motivation While in Despair!

Reminder of your goal/why you are doing this. Keep a written statement of your goals with you, always. There is great power in writing down your goals, there is great power in repeatedly feeding yourself the same statements.

When ever your legs start shaking, whenever your will starts doubting you, have a look at your goals. Remind yourself why you are doing this and why this is important to you. There were some very good reasons that made you tread on this difficult journey alone, that made you dare out into the unknown like this. Bring your focus back to those reasons. When doubts arise, counter them with thoughts and visions of achieving your goal, living your goal.

Self suggestion and visualization. A person creating his/her own life, has to be good at imagination. If you can imagine having it, you will have it. Imagine relentlessly about living your goal. When you do this, think as if you have achieved your goal. Think of how you are enjoying it. Stick around images and quotes in your workplace that help you with your imagination. Use a vision board.

In fact, it’s best to go over your goals daily. Read them, feel them. Imagine and feel the same way you would feel when the goal is achieved. Bring this practice into daily routine. This is a powerful technique called self-suggestion.

Cultivating discipline and inner strength. Discipline is the hand that pulls you out when you are drowning. Cultivate it. Decide and maintain a schedule you work on. Set short term, mini-goals(around 90 days) and promise yourself to work on them without fail. If this seems too long, take a shorter period. Then, when you become comfortable with that, increase the time. Discipline and inner strength can be built just like muscles. You use progressive training – you start with what feels comfortable and then keep adding on to it as you see progress.

Understand that, in essence, your doubts are just tricks that your mind plays on you. When you make continuous and relentless effort towards your goal, you are bound to achieve it. There can be no other way things can go, there can be no other results. Get over these doubts with discipline.

When you cultivate the habit of working at a fixed schedule everyday, day in and day out, your mind understands that it’s tantrums are no longer rewarded. It might sulk a bit in the beginning, it might try to cause some trouble but, with an iron hand, it gets tamed quickly and gets used to the routine. In time, it will get very comfortable with it. So much so that it will feel uneasy without the schedule. It is all about forming the habit. Once this habit is formed, you can’t stop continuing on your work, even if you are not in the mood. It has become your natural instinct, a way of life.

Showing up, everyday. Since leaving the corporate life last year and starting this website, I have been writing for at least 6 Pomodoro’s(25 minute work blocks) each day(excluding weekends). Doing it repeatedly over a few months has made it a habit for me. When I get up on any given day, I don’t have to think whether I am going to work or not. That I will work is a given, whether I am in the mood or not. Even on bad days, when I don’t feel like writing, I go ahead and sit on the chair anyway. I ‘show up’. I feel my feelings, I don’t fight the low mood, I experience it fully. Sometimes, in a few minutes, I start getting ideas to write about. I start writing and soon am totally engulfed in it. Some of my very good articles have come this way. Other times, I get a feeling I would be better off doing something else. I don’t fight it, I flow with it and get on to other things I have to do. This way, I am not burdened with being productive with my writing everyday. I just show up with sincerity every time. The rest takes care of itself. No matter what, I never miss showing up.

It’s OK to not do your best every time. Don’t try to make yourself give the same high output every day. While having high expectations of yourself is good, too much of it can bring down your motivation. Find the right balance through trial and error. If you can’t do your best someday, don’t despair. Do whatever you can and let it go. As long as you keep showing up, you will find the answers.

Take a break. A lot of times, a dip in motivation is caused just by overwork. Have you been thinking continuously about your life, your project? Our mind needs rest and change to function well. If you over burden it, you will neither perform well, nor feel very motivated. Create schedules that allow for proper rest and recreation too. Thinking and deciding about your life and work can be kept for fixed periods(readjournal writing), for the rest of the time, keep it out of your mind for your own good.

Deal only with the best. Expect the best, from yourself and from others. Deal with only the best. Meet with the best people for your work, read the best literature to motivate yourself, watch the most motivating movies, eat the most healthy food, keep the best health habits…

Attitudes are generally similar in different areas of our lives. If we allow ourselves to eat shoddy food, it’s unlikely we will have the best exercise routine or the best aims, efforts and motivation in life. When you have decided to go out for the best aims in life, start making that change in other areas of your life too.

Cultivate Self reliance. Do you feel bad when others don’t support you? Is your success dependent upon others helping you?

Make yourself a resolve to be completely self dependent. This includes your needs for finances, emotional support and motivation. You need no body’s support, you are complete in yourself, you have the sole power. Expecting the support of others equals demeaning your own power. If your loved ones support you, it’s good. But if they don’t, go ahead alone. You are capable and strong, stronger than you believe you are. As you trudge along, more and more strength will find it’s way to you. Keeping expectations only from yourself ensures you are in total control. Become an island in this regard, a beacon of hope. A self sustaining phenomenon. A light house that other’s get their sense of direction from…

Become the light at the end of the tunnel. Set an example hard to deny. When you just focus on you goal, even against the advice and support of everyone else, you do more good than just to yourself. You wake others out of their stupor. You give them a very positive, very motivating example that’s hard to ignore. You not only change your life, you motivate others to do it too!

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All of this may seem hard but what fun is their in getting what’s easy? This will make you stronger. More than getting the goal you desire, this quest will expand you as a person. The growth, confidence and sense of mastery over life you will get out of this will far outweigh the smaller benefits.

An adventure is supposed to be challenging and uncertain. Let it be that way. Embrace the uncertainty. Let self doubt be there. Observe it like an outside entity. It arises in your mind but you have the free will to choose whether you will let it control you. Let it arise and leave. Never stop moving, never stop showing up!

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Emotional Self Defense!

Master List of Logical Fallacies

 Fallacies are fake or deceptive arguments, arguments that prove nothing. Fallacies often seem superficially sound, and they far too often retain immense persuasive power even after being clearly exposed as false. Fallacies are not always deliberate, but a good scholar’s purpose is always to identify and unmask fallacies in arguments.                   

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  • Ad Hominem Argument: Also, "personal attack," "poisoning the well." The fallacy of attempting to refute an argument by attacking the opposition’s personal character or reputation, using a corrupted negative argument from ethos. E.g., "He's so evil that you can't believe anything he says." See also Guilt by Association. Also applies to cases where valid opposing evidence and arguments are brushed aside without comment or consideration, as simply not worth arguing about.  



  • Appeal to Closure. The contemporary fallacy that an argument, standpoint, action or conclusion must be accepted, no matter how questionable, or else the point will remain unsettled and those affected will be denied "closure." This refuses to recognize the truth that some points will indeed remain unsettled, perhaps forever. (E.g., "Society would be protected, crime would be deterred and justice served if we sentence you to life without parole, but we need to execute you in order to provide some sense of closure.") (See also "Argument from Ignorance," "Argument from Consequences.") 



  • Appeal to Heaven: (also Deus Vult, Gott mit Uns, Manifest Destiny, the Special Covenant). An extremely dangerous fallacy (a deluded argument from ethos) of asserting that God (or a higher power) has ordered, supports or approves one's own standpoint or actions so no further justification is required and no serious challenge is possible. (E.g., "God ordered me to kill my children," or "We need to take away your land, since God [or Destiny, or Fate, or Heaven] has given it to us.") A private individual who seriously asserts this fallacy risks ending up in a psychiatric ward, but groups or nations who do it are far too often taken seriously. This vicious fallacy has been the cause of endless bloodshed over history. 



  • Appeal to Pity: (also "Argumentum ad Miserecordiam"). The fallacy of urging an audience to “root for the underdog” regardless of the issues at hand (e.g., “Those poor, cute little squeaky mice are being gobbled up by mean, nasty cats that are ten times their size!”) A corrupt argument from pathos. See also Playing to Emotions.

  • Appeal to Tradition: (also "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"). The fallacy that a standpoint, situation or action is right, proper and correct simply because it has "always" been that way, because people have "always" thought that way, or because it continues to serve one particular group very well. A corrupted argument from ethos (that of past generations). (E.g., "In America, women have always been paid less, so let's not mess with long-standing tradition.").  The reverse of this is yet another fallacy, the "Appeal to Novelty," e.g., "It's NEW, and [therefore it must be] good, or improved!"



  • Argument from Consequences: The major fallacy of arguing that something cannot be true because if it were the consequences would be unacceptable. (E.g., "Global climate change cannot be caused by human burning of fossil fuels, because if it were, switching to non-polluting energy sources would bankrupt American industry," or "Doctor, that's wrong! I can't have cancer, because if I did that'd mean that I won't live to see my kids get married!")  



  • Argument from Ignorance: The fallacy that since we don’t know (or can never know, or cannot prove) whether a claim is true or false, it must be false (or that it must be true). E.g., “Scientists are never going to be able to positively prove their theory that humans evolved from other creatures, because we weren't there to see it! So, that proves the Genesis six-day creation account is  literally true as written!” This fallacy includes Attacking the Evidence, e.g. "Your arguments are false! That proves I'm right!" This usually includes “Either-Or Reasoning:” E.g., “The vet can't find any reasonable explanation for why my dog died. See! See! That proves that you poisoned him! There’s no other logical explanation!” A corrupted argument from logos. A fallacy commonly found in American political, judicial and forensic reasoning. 

  • See also "Argumentum ex Silentio." 



  • Argument from Inertia (also “Stay the Course”). The fallacy that it is necessary to continue on a mistaken course of action even after discovering it is mistaken, because changing course would mean admitting one's decision (or one's leader, or one's faith) was wrong, and all one's effort, expense and sacrifice was for nothing, and that's unthinkable. A variety of the Argument from Consequences or the Appeal to Tradition.

  • Argument from Motives (also Questioning Motives). The fallacy of declaring a standpoint or argument invalid solely because of the evil, corrupt or questionable motives of the one making the claim. E.g., "Bin Laden wanted us out of Afghanistan, so we have to keep up the fight!" Even evil people with corrupt motives sometimes say the truth (and even those who have the highest motives are often wrong or mistaken). A variety of the Ad Hominem argument. 

  • The counterpart of this is the fallacy of falsely justifying or excusing evil or vicious actions because of the perpetrator's purity of motives or lack of malice. (E.g., "He's a good Christian man; how could you accuse him of doing something like that?")



  • Argumentum ad Baculam (also "Argument from the Club"). The fallacy of "persuasion" by force, violence, or threats. E.g., "Gimmee your money, or I'll knock your head off!" or "We have the perfect right to take your land, since we have the guns and you don't." Also applies to indirect forms of threat. E.g., "Believe in our religion if you don't want to burn in hell forever and ever!"



  • Argumentum ex Silentio (Argument from Silence. See also, Argument from Ignorance). The fallacy that if sources remain silent or say nothing about a given subject or question this in itself proves something about the truth of the matter. E.g., "Science can tell us nothing about God. That proves God doesn't exist." Or "Science admits it can tell us nothing about God, so you can't deny that God exists!" Often misused in the American justice system, where, contrary to the 5th Amendment,  remaining silent or "taking the Fifth" is often falsely portrayed as proof of guilt. E.g., "Mr. Hixel has no alibi for the evening of January 15th. This proves that he was in fact in room 331 at the Smuggler's Inn, murdering his wife with a hatchet!" In today's America, choosing to remain silent in the face of police officer's questions makes one guilty enough to be arrested or even shot. 

  • Bandwagon (also, Argument from Common Sense, Argumentum ad Populum): The fallacy of arguing that because "everyone" supposedly thinks or does something, it must be right. E.g., "Everyone knows that undocumented aliens ought to be kicked out!" Sometimes also includes Lying with Statistics, e.g. “Surveys show that over 75% of Americans believe Senator Snith is not telling the truth. For anyone with half a brain, that conclusively proves he’s a dirty liar!”



  • Begging the Question (also Circular Reasoning): Falsely arguing that something is true by repeating the same statement in different words. E.g., “The witchcraft problem is the most urgent spiritual crisis in the world today. Why? Because witches threaten our very souls.” A corrupt argument from logos. See also "Big Lie technique."  



  • Big Lie Technique (also "Staying on Message"): The contemporary fallacy of repeating a lie, slogan or deceptive half-truth over and over (particularly in the media) until people believe it without further proof or evidence.. E.g., "What about the Jewish Question?" Note that when this particular phony debate was going on there was no "Jewish Question," only a "Nazi Question," but hardly anybody in power recognized or wanted to talk about that.   



  • Blind Loyalty (also Blind Obedience, the "Team Player" appeal, or the Nuremberg Defense). The dangerous fallacy that an argument or action is right simply and solely because a respected leader or source (a President, expert, one’s parents, one's own "side," team or country, one’s boss or commanding officers) say it is right. This is over-reliance on authority, a corrupted argument from ethos that puts loyalty above truth,  above one's own reason and  above conscience. In this case a person attempts to justify incorrect, stupid or criminal behavior by whining "That's what I was told to do," or “I was just following orders."  

  • Blood is Thicker than Water (also Favoritism, Compadrismo, "For my friends, anything."). The reverse of the "Ad Hominem" fallacy, a corrupt argument from ethos where a statement, argument or action is automatically regarded as true, correct and above challenge because one is related to, or knows and likes, or is on the same team as the individual involved.  (E.g., "My brother-in-law says he saw you goofing off on the job. You're a hard worker, but who am I going to believe, you or him? You're fired!")



  • Bribery (also Material Persuasion, Material Incentive, Financial Incentive). The fallacy of "persuasion" by bribery, gifts or favors, the reverse of the Argumentum ad Baculam. As is well known, someone who is persuaded by bribery rarely "stays persuaded" unless the bribes keep on coming in and increasing with time. 

  • The Complex Question: The fallacy of demanding a direct answer to a question that cannot be answered without first analyzing or challenging the basis of the question itself. E.g., "Just answer me "yes" or "no":  Did you think you could get away with plagiarism and not suffer the consequences?" Or, "Why did you rob that bank?" Also applies to situations where one is forced to either accept or reject complex standpoints or propositions containing both acceptable and unacceptable parts. A corruption of the argument from logos.

  • Diminished Responsibility: The common contemporary fallacy of applying a specialized judicial concept (that criminal punishment should be less if one's judgment was impaired) to reality in general. E.g., "You can't count me absent on Monday--I was hung over and couldn't come to class, so it's not my fault."  Or, "Yeah, I was speeding on the freeway and killed a guy, but I was buzzed out of my mind and didn't know what I was doing, so it didn't matter that much." In reality the death does matter very much to the victim, to his family and friends and to society in general. Whether the perpetrator was high or not does not matter at all since the material results are the same. 

  • Either-Or Reasoning: (also False Dilemma, Black / White Fallacy). A fallacy that falsely offers only two possible alternatives even though a broad range of possible alternatives are always really available. E.g., "Either you are 100% straight or you are queer as a $3 bill--it's as simple as that, and there's no middle ground!" Or, “Either you’re in with us all the way or you’re a hostile and must be destroyed!  What's it gonna be?"

  • ”E" for Effort. (Also Noble Effort) The contemporary fallacy that something must be right, true, valuable, or worthy of credit simply because someone has put so much sincere good-faith effort or even sacrifice and bloodshed into it. (See also Appeal to Pity, Argument from Inertia, or Sob Story.). 



  • Equivocation: The fallacy of deliberately failing to define one's terms, or deliberately using words in a different sense than the one the audience will understand. (E.g., Bill Clinton stating that he did not have sexual relations with "that woman," meaning no sexual penetration, knowing full well that the audience will understand his statement as "I had no sexual contact of any sort with that woman.") This is a corruption of the argument from logos, and a tactic often used in American jurisprudence.

  • Essentializing: A fallacy that proposes a person or thing “is what it is and that’s all that it is,” and at its core will always be the way it is right now (E.g., "All terrorists are monsters, and will still be terrorist monsters even if they live to be 100."). Also refers to the fallacy of arguing that something is a certain way "by nature," an empty claim that no amount of proof can refute. (E.g., "Americans are cold and greedy by nature," or "Women are better cooks than men.")

  • Excluded Middle: A corrupted argument from logos that proposes that since a little of something is good, more must be better (or that if cutting down on something is good, none at all is even better). E.g., "If eating an apple a day is good for you, eating an all-apple diet is even better!" or "If a low salt diet prolongs your life, a zero-salt diet should make you live forever!" 

  • False Analogy: The fallacy of incorrectly comparing one thing to another in order to draw a false conclusion. E.g., "Just like an alley cat needs to prowl, a normal person can’t be tied down to one single lover." 



  • Finish the Job:  The dangerous contemporary fallacy that an action or standpoint (or the continuation of the action or standpoint) may not be questioned or discussed because there is "a job to be done," falsely assuming all "jobs" are meaningless but never to be questioned. Sometimes those involved internalize ("buy into") the "job" and make the task a part of their own ethos.  (E.g., "Ours is not to reason why / Ours is but to do or die.") Related to this is the "Just a Job" fallacy. (E.g., "How can torturers stand to look at themselves in the mirror?  But, I guess it's OK because for them it's just a job.")   (See also "Blind Loyalty," "Argument from Inertia.")



  • Guilt by Association: The fallacy of trying to refute or condemn someone's standpoint, arguments or actions by evoking the negative ethos of those with whom one associates or of a group, religion or race to which he or she belongs. A form of Ad Hominem Argument. (E.g., "Don't listen to her. She's a Republican so you can't trust anything she says.") 

  • See also "They're Not Like Us."



  • The Half Truth (also Card Stacking, Incomplete Information). A corrupt argument from logos, the fallacy of telling the truth but deliberately omitting important key details in order to falsify the larger picture and support a false conclusion (e.g. “The truth is that Ciudad Juárez, Mexico is one of the world's fastest growing cities and can boast of a young, ambitious and hard-working population, mild winters, a dry and sunny climate, low cost medical and dental care, a multitude of churches and places of worship, delicious local cuisine and a swinging nightclub scene. Taken together, all these facts clearly prove that Juarez is one of the world’s most desirable places for young families to live, work and raise a family.”) 



  • I Wish I Had a Magic Wand: The fallacy of regretfully (and falsely) proclaiming oneself powerless to change a bad or objectionable situation.. E.g., "What can we do about high gas prices? As Secretary of Energy I wish I had a magic wand, but I don't." [shrug] 

  • Or, "No, you can't quit piano lessons. I wish I had a magic wand and could teach you piano overnight, but I don't, so like it or not, you have to keep on practicing." The parent, of course, ignores the possibility that the child may not want or need to learn piano. See also, TINA. 



  • Just in Case: A fallacy by which one’s argument is based on a far-fetched or completely imaginary worst-case scenario rather than on reality. This plays on pathos (fear) rather than reason. E.g., "What if armed terrorists were to attack your county grain elevator tomorrow morning? Are you ready to fight back?  Better stock up on assault rifles just in case!" 



  • Lying with Statistics: Using true figures and numbers to “prove” unrelated claims. (e.g. "College tuition costs have never been lower. When taken as a percentage of the national debt, getting a college education is actually far cheaper today than it was in 1965!"). A corrupted argument from logos. (See also Half-truth,  Snow Job, and Red Herring.)



  • MYOB (Mind Your Own Business; You're Not the Boss of Me; The Appeal to Privacy), The contemporary fallacy of arbitrarily terminating any discussion of one's own standpoints or behavior, no matter how absurd, dangerous, evil or offensive, by drawing a phony curtain of privacy around oneself and one's actions. A corrupted argument from ethos (your own). (E.g., "Sure, I was doing eighty and weaving between lanes on Mesa Street--what's it to you? You're not a cop, you're not my nanny It's my business to speed, and your business to get the hell out of the way.  Mind your own business!" Or, "Yeah, I killed my kid. So butt out!  It's none of your business!") (See also, "Taboo.") Rational discussion is cut off because "it is none of your business!" 

  • Name-Calling: A variety of the "Ad Hominem" argument. The dangerous fallacy that, simply because of who you are, any and all arguments, disagreements or objections against your standpoint or actions are automatically racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, bigoted, discriminatory or hateful. E.g., "My stand on abortion is the only correct one. To disagree with me, argue with me or  question my judgment in any way would only show what a pig you really are." Also applies to refuting an argument by simply calling it a fallacy or declaring it invalid, without proving why it is invalid.  See also, "Reductionism."

  • Non Sequitur: The fallacy of offering reasons or conclusions that have no logical connection to the argument at hand (e.g. “The reason I flunked your course is because the government is now putting out purple five-dollar bills! Purple!”). (See also Red Herring.)

  • Occasionally involves the breathtaking arrogance of claiming to have special knowledge of why God is doing certain things. E.g., "This week's earthquake was sent to punish those people for their great wickedness."



  • Overgeneralization (also Hasty Generalization). The stupid but common fallacy of incorrectly applying one or two examples to all cases (e.g. “Some college student was tailgating me all the way up North Main Street last night. This proves that all college students are lousy drivers and that we should pull their driver’s licenses until they either grow up, learn to drive or graduate!”).

  • The Paralysis of Analysis (also, Procrastination): A postmodern fallacy that since all data is never in any conclusion is always provisional, no legitimate decision can ever be made, and any action should always be delayed until forced by circumstances. A corruption of the argument from logos.  



  • Playing on Emotion (also, the Sob Story): The classic fallacy of pure argument from pathos, ignoring facts and calling on emotion alone. E.g., “If you don’t agree that witchcraft is a major problem just shut up for a moment and picture in your mind all those poor moms crying bitter tears for their innocent tiny little children whose little beds and tricycles lie cold and abandoned, all because of those wicked old witches! Let’s string’em up!”  



  • Political Correctness ("PC"): A postmodern fallacy that the nature of a thing or situation can be changed simply by changing its name. E.g., "Today we strike a blow against cruelty to animals by changing the name of ‘pets’ to ‘animal companions.’" or "Never, ever use the word 'victim' because it sounds so negative, helpless and despairing. Instead, call them 'survivors.'" (Of course, when "victims" disappear then the perpetrators conveniently vanish as well!)  



  • Post Hoc Argument: (also, "post hoc propter hoc" argument, or the "too much of a coincidence" argument): The classic fallacy that because something comes at the same time or just after something else, the first thing is caused by the second. E.g., "AIDS first emerged as a problem during the exact same time that Disco music was becoming popular--that's too much of a coincidence: It proves that Disco caused AIDS!"   

  • Red Herring: An irrelevant distraction, attempting to mislead an audience by bringing up an unrelated, but usually emotionally loaded issue. E.g., "In regard to my recent indictment for corruption, let’s talk about what’s really important instead: Sky-high taxes! Vote for me! I'll cut your taxes!"

  • Reductionism: (also, Oversimplifying, Sloganeering): The fallacy of deceiving an audience by giving simple answers or slogans in response to complex questions, especially when appealing to less educated or unsophisticated audiences. E.g., "If the glove doesn’t fit, you must vote to acquit." Or, "Vote for Snith. He's tough on crime!"

  • Reifying: The fallacy of treating imaginary categories as actual, material "things." (E.g., "Back in the day, the biggest struggle in youth culture was between Goths and Emos.") Sometimes also referred to as "Essentializing" or “Hypostatization.”

  • Scare Tactic (Also Paranoia): A variety of Playing on Emotions, a raw appeal to fear. A corrupted argument from Pathos.(E.g., "If you don't do what I say we're all gonna die! In this moment of great crisis we can't afford the luxury of criticizing or trying to second-guess my decisions. Our very lives are in peril!  We need to be united as one!")

  • Sending the Wrong Message: A dangerous fallacy that attacks a given statement or action, no matter how true, correct or necessary, because it will "send the wrong message." In effect, those who use this fallacy are publicly confessing to fraud and admitting that the truth will destroy the fragile web of illusion that has been created by their lies. E.g., "Actually, we're losing the war against drugs hands down, but if we publicly admit it we'll be sending the wrong message."  

  • Shifting the Burden of Proof. (see also Argument from Ignorance)  A fallacy that challenges  opponents to disprove a claim, rather than asking the person making the claim to defend his/her own argument. E.g., "Space-aliens are everywhere among us masquerading as true humans, even right here on campus! I dare you prove it isn't so! See?  You can't!  That means  what I say is true." 



  • Slippery Slope (also, the Domino Theory): The common fallacy that "one thing inevitably leads to another." E.g., "If you two go and drink coffee together one thing will lead to another and soon enough you'll be pregnant and end up spending your life on welfare living in the projects," or "If we close Gitmo, pretty soon armed terrorists will be on our doorstep!"

  • Snow Job: The fallacy of “proving” a claim by overwhelming an audience with mountains of irrelevant facts, numbers, documents, graphs and statistics that they cannot be expected to understand. This is a corrupted argument from logos. See also, "Lying with Statistics."



  • Straw Man (also "The Straw Person"): The fallacy of setting up a phony, ridiculous version of an opponent's argument and then proceeding to knock it down with a wave of the hand. E.g., "Vegetarians say animals have feelings like you and me. Ever seen a cow laugh at a Shakespeare comedy? Vegetarianism is nonsense!"

  • Or, "Pro-choicers hate babies!" Or, "Pro-lifers hate women and want them to spend their lives barefoot, pregnant and chained to the kitchen stove!"
  • Taboo: The fallacy of unilaterally declaring certain arguments, standpoints or actions to be "sacrosanct" or not open to discussion, or arbitrarily taking some standpoints or options "off the table" beforehand. (E.g., "Don't bring my drinking into this," or "Before we start, I won't allow you to attack my arguments by claiming 'That's just what Hitler would say!'") 



  • Testimonial (also Questionable Authority, Faulty Use of Authority): A fallacy in which support for a standpoint or product is provided by a well-known or respected figure (e.g. a star athlete or entertainer) who is not an expert and who was probably well paid to make the endorsement (e.g., “Olympic gold-medal pole-vaulter Fulano de Tal uses Quick Flush Internet-shouldn’t you?"). Also includes other false, meaningless or paid means of associating oneself or one’s product with the ethos of a famous person or event (e.g. “Try Salsa Cabria, the official taco sauce of the Winter Olympics!”)  This is a corrupted argument from ethos. 



  • They're Not Like Us: A badly corrupted, racist argument from ethos where facts, arguments, experiences or objections are arbitrarily disregarded, ignored or put down without consideration because those involved "are not like us," or "don't think like us." E.g., "It's OK for Mexicans to earn half a buck an hour in the maquiladoras.  If it happened here I'd call it brutal exploitation and daylight robbery, but way down south of the border they're not like us."  Or, "Sure, the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people, but in Asia they're not like us and they don't think about life and death the same way we do ." A variety of the Ad Hominem Argument, most often applied to non-white populations. 

  • TINA (There Is No Alternative. Also "That's an order," "Get Over It," or the "fait accompli"). A very common contemporary extension of the either/or fallacy, quashing critical thought by announcing that there is no realistic alternative to a given standpoint, status or action, ruling any and all other options irrelevant, or announcing that a decision has been made and any further discussion is insubordination, disloyalty, or simply a waste of valuable time when there's a job to be done. (See also, "Taboo;" "Finish the Job.")

  • Transfer: A corrupt argument from ethos, falsely associating a famous person or thing with an unrelated standpoint (e.g. putting a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an advertisement for mattresses, using Genghis Khan, a Mongol who hated Chinese, as the name of a Chinese restaurant, or using the Texas flag to sell cars or pickups that were made in Detroit, Kansas City or Kyoto)..  

  • (See also "Testimonial.")



  • Tu Quoque ("You Do it Too!"; also Two Wrongs Make a Right): A corrupt argument from ethos. The fallacy of defending a shaky or false standpoint or excusing one's own bad action by pointing out that one's opponent's acts or personal character are also open to question, or are perhaps even worse than one's own. E.g., "Sure, we torture and kill but we don't cut off heads off like they do!" Or, "You can't stand there and accuse me of corruption! You guys are all in politics and you know what you have to do to get reelected!" . Related to the Red Herring and to the Ad Hominem Argument.



  • We Have to Do Something: The dangerous contemporary fallacy that in moments of crisis one must do something,anything, at once, even if it is an overreaction, is totally ineffective or makes the situation even worse, rather than "just sit there doing nothing." (E.g., "Banning air passengers from carrying ham sandwiches onto the plane and making babies take off their little pink baby-shoes probably does nothing to deter potential hijackers, but we have to do something to respond to this crisis!") This is a corrupted argument from pathos. (See also "Scare Tactic.")

  • Where there’s smoke, there’s fire (also Hasty Conclusion, Jumping to a Conclusion). The dangerous fallacy of drawing a snap conclusion and/or taking action without sufficient evidence. E.g., “My neighbor Jaminder Singh wears a long beard and a turban and speaks a funny language. Where there's smoke there's fire. That’s all the evidence we need that he's a terrorist! Let's burn his store down!” A variety of the “Just in Case” fallacy.

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pseu·do·nym
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noun
  1. a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.
    synonyms:pen namenom de plume, assumed name, false name, alias,professional name, sobriquetstage namenom de guerre
    "Geisel was best known by the pseudonym 'Dr. Seuss'"

    With a quick glance over peacepink members page, I can see that many are using pseudonyms. I myself use one, that being David ofTomorrw. I once used my real name, but I started to look for work, and I did not want any prospective employer to find my comments, and realities by finding my peacepink membership by googleing my name. So, I changed it. For a while, I continued to post my real face with a new moniker, Big Al.

    Many might have different reasons for keeping their actual identity private. It really is a matter of personal choice. Some feel that they must put their personal information out there for all to see is more genuine. For them, it may be so. 

    On the other hand, some have families and jobs that they need to think of. Some just dont know who to trust, so they use a pseudonym.

    What do you think, Is it advantageous to use a pseudonym?

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Our brains generate a constant hum of activity: As neurons fire, they produce brain waves that oscillate at different frequencies. Long thought to be merely a byproduct of neuron activity, recent studies suggest that these waves may play a critical role in communication between different parts of the brain.A new study from MIT neuroscientists adds to that evidence. The researchers found that two brain regions that are key to learning — the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex — use two different brain-wave frequencies to communicate as the brain learns to associate unrelated objects. Whenever the brain correctly links the objects, the waves oscillate at a higher frequency, called “beta,” and when the guess is incorrect, the waves oscillate at a lower “theta” frequency.“It’s like you’re playing a computer game and you get a ding when you get it right, and a buzz when you get it wrong. These two areas of the brain are playing two different ‘notes’ for correct guesses and wrong guesses,” says Earl Miller, the Picower Professor of Neuroscience, a member of MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and senior author of a paper describing the findings in the Feb. 23 online edition of Nature Neuroscience.Furthermore, these oscillations may reinforce the correct guesses while repressing the incorrect guesses, helping the brain learn new information, the researchers say.Signaling right and wrongMiller and lead author Scott Brincat, a research scientist at the Picower Institute, examined activity in the brain as it forms a type of memory called explicit memory — memory for facts and events. This includes linkages between items such as names and faces, or between a location and an event that took place there.During the learning task, animals were shown pairs of images and gradually learned, through trial and error, which pairs went together. Each correct response was signaled with a reward.As the researchers recorded brain waves in the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex during this task, they noticed that the waves occurred at different frequencies depending on whether the correct or incorrect response was given. When the guess was correct, the waves occurred in the beta frequency, about 9 to 16 hertz (cycles per second). When incorrect, the waves oscillated in the theta frequency, about 2 to 6 hertz.Previous studies by MIT’s Mark Bear, also a member of the Picower Institute, have found that stimulating neurons in brain slices at beta frequencies strengthens the connections between the neurons, while stimulating the neurons at theta frequencies weakens the connections.Miller believes the same thing is happening during this learning task.“When the animal guesses correctly, the brain hums at the correct answer note, and that frequency reinforces the strengthening of connections,” he says. “When the animal guesses incorrectly, the ‘wrong’ buzzer buzzes, and that frequency is what weakens connections, so it’s basically telling the brain to forget about what it just did.”The findings represent a major step in revealing how memories are formed, says Howard Eichenbaum, director of the Center for Memory and Brain at Boston University.“This study offers a very specific, detailed story about the role of different directions of flow, who’s sending information to whom, at what frequencies, and how that feedback contributes to memory formation,” says Eichenbaum, who was not part of the research team.The study also highlights the significance of brain waves in cognitive function, which has only recently been discovered by Miller and others.“Brain waves had been ignored for decades in neuroscience. It’s been thought of as the humming of a car engine,” Miller says. “What we’re discovering through this experiment and others is that these brain waves may be the infrastructure that supports neural communication.”Enhancing memoryThe researchers are now investigating whether they can speed up learning by delivering noninvasive electrical stimulation that oscillates at beta frequencies when the correct answer is given and at theta frequencies when the incorrect answer is given. “The idea is that you make the correct guesses feel more correct to the brain, and the incorrect guesses feel more incorrect,” Miller says.This form of very low voltage electrical stimulation has already been approved for use in humans.“This is a technique that people have used in humans, so if it works, it could potentially have clinical relevance for enhancing memory or treating neurological disorders,” Brincat says.The research was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Picower Foundation.
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What is resilience? How adversity builds character

It has often been said that adversity builds character. How does this work?Research on resilience suggests a metaphor: Comparing the building of resilience with the building of strength through physical exercise.


Two quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt capture this:

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

and

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.


You cannot get stronger without exercising (say, for instance, lifting weights). For the training to be significant, you have to go beyond your comfort zone.

However, there is an important note of caution: If you lift weights that are way too heavy for you, you get injured. Then, not only do you not get stronger, you’re not even able to exercise any more, until the injury is healed.


The practical implications are very clear:

- You need to be challenged in order to grow. As you successfully overcome challenges, you build resilience, i.e. the ability to successfully face other challenges.

- But, if the challenges are overwhelming, i.e. too far beyond your capacity to handle adversity, you get traumatized. I use the word “traumatized” to describe a situation that is similar to the physical injury that comes from exercising way beyond your abilities: This reduces your capacity to function effectively, let alone face adversity. You can’t make significant progress until this is healed.


The following is excerpted from an article in The New York Times' Science section, January 5, 2011: On Road to Recovery, Past Adversity Provides a Map, by Benedict Carey


Research suggests that resilience may have at least as much to do with how often people have faced adversity in past as it does with who they are — their personality, their genes, for example — or what they’re facing now. That is, the number of life blows a person has taken may affect his or her mental toughness more than any other factor.

“Frequency makes a difference: that is the message,” said Roxane Cohen Silver, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine. “Each negative event a person faces leads to an attempt to cope, which forces people to learn about their own capabilities, about their support networks — to learn who their real friends are. That kind of learning, we think, is extremely valuable for subsequent coping,” up to a point.

In a study appearing in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Dr. Cohen Silver, E. Alison Holman, also of the University of California, Irvine, and Mark D. Seery, of the State University at Buffalo, followed nearly 2,000 adults for several years, monitoring their mental well-being with online surveys. The participants, a diverse cross section of Americans between the ages of 18 and 101, listed all of the upsetting life events they had experienced before entering the study and any new ones that hit along the way. These included divorce, the death of a friend or parent, a serious illness, and being in a natural disaster.

Or, none of the above: A subset of the participants, 194, reported that they had experienced not one of the fairly comprehensive list of 37 events on the survey. “We wondered: Who are these people who have managed to go through life with nothing bad happening to them?” Dr. Cohen Silver said. “Are they hyper-conscientious? Socially isolated? Just young? Or otherwise unique?”

They weren’t, the researchers found. Stranger still, they were not the most satisfied with their lives. Their sense of well-being was about the same, on average, as people who had suffered up to a dozen memorable blows.

It was those in the middle, those reporting two to six stressful events, who scored highest on several measures of well-being, and who showed the most resilience in response to recent hits.

In short, the findings suggest that mental toughness is something like the physical strength: It cannot develop without exercise, and it breaks down when overworked. Some people in the study reported having had more than a dozen stressful events, and it showed.

“These people were truly suffering,” Dr. Cohen Silver said, “and we do not minimize in any way the pain of such events when you’re going through them. But it does appear that if you’ve had several such experiences but not too many, you learn something.”

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Whike the majority of members on peacepink are truly good people, some are not. Over tbe five years Ive been on peacepink Ive Witnessed plans to kill office workers by someone trying to recruit TIs to drive a suicide bus into a building. I have read where other members support the actions of Myron May and Aaron Alexis, as righteous acts of war.
On Saturday night in open chat, LaBrat openly confessed to having killed at least one person, and tgere arec4 witnesses. This is disturbing, most esPecially because he said he may kill again.
If we claim to be good people, we Must show concern for innocent life. I have reported this confession to the authorities. However the reality is I am not always on to see tgese confessions. It is a community responsibility to assure innocent life is not lost. If you witness a confession of a frime, or intent to commit a crime, copy it to a place off site like your email,mso the moderators wont delete it. They have a history of protecting those who admit to violence.
If you need help in reporting, or are afraid to get involved, contact me David ofTomorrow and I will arange to make the proper reports.
Thanks, and stay safe!

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Fight back with Exercise!

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Evidence has shown that regular physical activity can improve cognitive function and brain plasticity. However, research has been unclear in proving how much exercise is needed and how long these benefits can last for. A recent study conducted at the University of Adelaide in Australia suggests that one 30-minute session of vigorous exercise can lead to changes in the brain that make it more “plastic,” including improvements in memory and motor skill coordination.

"Although this was a small sample group, it helps us to better understand the overall picture of how exercise influences the brain,” lead researcher Associate Professor Michael Ridding said in a statement. “We know that plasticity is also important for recovery from brain damage, so this opens up potential therapeutic avenues for patients. Further research will be required to see what the possible long-term benefits could be for patients as well as healthy people."

Ridding and his colleagues recruited a small group of adults in their late 20s and early 30s who were asked to ride exercise bikes for a period of 30 minutes. The team of neuroscientists monitored changes in the brain directly after the exercise session and again 15 minutes later. Results show that even one 30-minute session of physical activity can improve the brain’s plasticity, or its ability to change physically, functionally, and chemically. Positive changes in the brain were sustained 15 minutes after exercising.

"We saw positive changes in the brain straight away, and these improvements were sustained 15 minutes after the exercise had ended," Ridding added. "Plasticity in the brain is important for learning, memory and motor skill coordination. The more 'plastic' the brain becomes, the more it's able to reorganise itself, modifying the number and strength of connections between nerve cells and different brain areas. This exercise-related change in the brain may, in part, explain why physical activity has a positive effect on memory and higher-level functions."

A similar study conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that regular exercise can benefit the brain’s supply of white matter, also known as “the subway of the brain” due to its ability to connect different regions of grey matter in the cerebrum to each other. Researchers assessed the link between physical fitness and the brain in 24 9- and 10-year-olds. Children who were more physically fit had thicker and denser white matter, meaning they had a greater capacity for memory, attention span, and cognitive efficiency.

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Particularly in the 20th century, there have been numerous experiments performed on human test subjects in the United States that have been considered unethical, and were often performed illegally, without the knowledge, consent, or informed consent of the test subjects.

The experiments include: the deliberate infection of people with deadly or debilitating diseases, exposure of people to biological and chemical weapons, human radiation experiments, injection of people with toxic and radioactive chemicals, surgical experiments, interrogation and torture experiments, tests involving mind-altering substances, and a wide variety of others. Many of these tests were performed on children,[1] the sick, and mentally disabled individuals, often under the guise of "medical treatment". In many of the studies, a large portion of the subjects were poor, racial minorities or prisoners.

Funding for many of the experiments was provided by United States government, especially the United States military, Central Intelligence Agency, or private corporations involved with military activities. The human research programs were usually highly secretive, and in many cases information about them was not released until many years after the studies had been performed.

The ethical, professional, and legal implications of this in the United States medical and scientific community were quite significant, and led to many institutions and policies that attempted to ensure that future human subject research in the United States would be ethical and legal. Public outrage in the late 20th century over the discovery of government experiments on human subjects led to numerous congressional investigations and hearings, including the Church Committee and Rockefeller Commission, both of 1975 and the 1994 Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, among others.

Read the rest of this important article here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States

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Psychology. New York: Worth Publishers, 1995: 115. "Brain waves have been grouped according to their frequencies and labeled with Greek letters. Their most common frequencies include alpha, beta, delta, and theta."alpha 8–12 Hzbeta > 13 Hzdelta 3 Hztheta 4–7 Hz"The Brain & the Mind." Psychology Volume 1. 2002: 117. "Delta waves occur mainly in infants, sleeping adults or adults with brain tumors. Theta waves occur mainly in children ages 2–5 years old. Alpha waves occur in adults who have their eyes closed or who are relaxed. Beta waves mainly occur in adults who are awake, alert or focused."alpha 8–13 Hzbeta 13 Hzdelta 1–3 Hztheta 4–7 Hz"The Brain & the Mind." Psychology Volume 2. 2002: 97. "Hans Berger made many discoveries from the EEG recording and he found that the brain oscillate at about 10 cycles per second when the eyes are closed and relaxed and he called them alpha waves."alpha 10 HzWebster's Third New International Dictionary. Merriam Company, 1981: 909. "Rhythmic fluctuations of voltage between parts of the brain resulting in the flow of an electric current, that has a pulsation frequency of 10 or more per second." > 10 HzTheory Behind BrainWave Generator. Noromaa Solutions Oy, 2003.State Frequency range State of mindDelta 0.5Hz - 4Hz Deep sleepTheta 4Hz - 8Hz Drowsiness (also first stage of sleep)Alpha 8Hz - 14Hz Relaxed but alertBeta 14Hz - 30Hz Highly alert and focusedalpha 0.5–4 Hzbeta 14–30 Hzdelta 0.5–4 Hztheta 4–8 HzEver wonder what's going on up there in your brain at different states? Ever ponder about the brain wave frequencies when you're asleep, tired, relaxed, or energetic? Well, brain wave frequencies are categorized in 4 states: alpha, beta, delta, and theta.Alpha waves occur when a person is relaxed, but alert, having a frequency of 8–13 Hz. During this state, a person is awake but resting. During sleep, alpha waves are replaced by beta waves.The state of being focused, alert, or engaged in any form of activity are related to beta waves and they have a frequency of 14–30 Hz.After a really long day, all a person desires is to fall into a deep sleep. Delta waves are associated with deep sleep. Their frequencies range from 0.5–4 Hz. Delta waves are known for triggering the release of growth hormone, which provides healing, hence the reason why sleep is so important during the healing process.Theta waves have a frequency of 4–8 Hz and they occur mainly in children during the early stages of sleep, or in adults when they are emotionally stressed.Samantha Charles -- 2004
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Understanding v2k

Dealing with v2k.

Over the 11 years that I have been a Target for research by those who have created the technology and have the motivation to use this incredible technology to harass, torture, and manipulate humans to their ends. AS many know, two of the most often shared symptoms of being a Target are Gangstalking, and v2k. I have experience with both. As well as many other things related to these two seemingly primary tools the enemy uses against us.

There is an important understanding when it comes to the relationship between how these tools are used. When it comes to v2k, it is obvious that there is technology (machinery) that enables our enemy to make us understand their words. Ideas, thoughts…as well as what the AI (BOT, computer program, etc.…) has to put into our brains, and thus often our minds. This is interesting to examine closely. Most Tis who get v2k, find that they can communicate with the enemy by thinking alone! This is two way communication! They are not just inserting words and ideas, they are reading ours as well!

This is a daunting reality for most to face. The idea of dealing with gangstalkers becomes much more complicated considering that those who stalk, harass, play games with, or create street theater, have superiors who can directly feed our thoughts, or relative information from our thoughts, into their actor’sbrains! This ability gives them knowledge of when you leave your home, when you are thinking of trying to ‘capture’ a stalker on camera, or where you will be going.

Now, there are also other things that the enemy can do to a target by use of the v2k mind read/input technological abilities. There are various reasons that using large numbers of people to do what might be called traditional, or Stasi/Cointelpro tactics achieved. Much of the surveillance was to gather data. In our current, modern situation, not only is the NSA and CIA gathering all information from digital media, but there is also the agency that uses the Most Incredible technology in human history. They now gather data directly from our brains!!!

Also, because of the ability the enemy has to insert ideas, and control our emotions, they can easily manipulate our perceptions, thus creating illusions of being followed. Often they will manipulate the sounds of others voices. When strangers speak, the enemy has the ability to manipulate the brain processes that understands sound. They keep the sound of the person, but change the words to theirs. SO, even if you know this person, and know their voice, you will not likely be able to tell that it is a v2k illusion rather than the person who you think it was. This ability allows them to use actual people in any situation, much, much less often, because all the necessary components for harassment are contained in the technological approach. Eliminating g the vast majority of actual human involvement reduces the opportunity of a whistleblower coming forward against what the enemy does.

Understanding how the enemy employs the illusions they impose on us is important. It is often stated among many experienced Tis that when you become fully aware of a trick the enemy uses, they almost always stop using it. It’s like the magician who knows his audience knows the secret to his illusion, so there’s no use in using that particular one. Knowledge is power. The more knowledge we have of our situation, the better off we will be to deal with the things we go through.

Anothe3r tactic the enemy uses is mind controlling others into saying or doing something that you will perceive as gangstalking. The important thing to remember when confronted with this tactic, is that the person has no idea that they are being used! If they are strangers, they will not know you. IF they are not strangers, then they will still not know what they are actually saying. Sometimes they will not even remember they have said it. This tactic also keeps the chances of whistleblowers sprouting because the people involved have been high jacked and manipulated, and therefore have no knowledge of our plight, or of the enemy controlling them.

V2k can include many sounds. I have heard the most incredible sounds effects that the enemy made appear come from the tops of skyscrapers. I thought everyone could hear these sounds because they appeared to emanate from outside my head, but they were actually being created within my brain and had nothing to do with my ears. This ‘outside’ sound is quite different from ‘inside’ the head sound. This is when they seem to talk inside your head, or when they manipulate and change your thoughts. Finally they can make sounds that everyone around you can hear. They don’t do this often, as when there is found to be no source of the sound, then people grow suspicious.

While real people can and do run the machinery attached to us, most often it is a programed AI that is running the show. Since it is humans that decide what the agenda will be for each of us, even by programming the AI, I refer to the source of v2k as ‘they’, even when speaking of AI.

 

Here are some things to do to deal with v2k:

  1. When it is quiet, ignore it if at all possible.
  2. When it is louder, and can’t be ignored, I use a technique I learned from having OCD. I think the word, “inserted” right after they insert the word or phrase. This is a form of deprogramming. IT is a reminder to your brain that the inserted info was faulty in nature and not to be recognized. This can be hard to do when they turn up the volume loud, or repeat the phrase or word faster than you can think, ‘inserted’. I use this technique quite often, sometimes over a thousand times a day.
  3. When not knowing if you are hearing real people or v2k2, you can put on headphones, or wear earplugs. IF you play the music loud enough to drown out real people’s voices, but you still hear voices, then its v2k.
  4. Another way to help know is by ‘reality testing’. For instance, I had ‘heard’ employees at my local grocery store talk about me. They said ugly things, but then when I thought about it, they couldn’t have possibly known me well enough to form that opinion. SO I ignored it. Then when I had the chance to interact with them, they have virtually no knowledge of my existence. This happened again when I got a job at a drug store. Just weeks these same people seemed to be saying the ugliest things about me, but now they were hiring me!! It proved that the things I ‘heard’ them say wasn’t them at all.
  5. The enemy can also converse with you through v2k. By thinking alone, you can talk about many things if they wish to. Most highly recommend not to engage the enemy in this fashion. They are extremely deceitful and can mimic any voice, and they can use personality avatars that change their personality into someone else’s, maybe someone you know. I have chosen to engage in conversation with the enemy and have gained a bit of useful material, but for the most part, it’s just been psychological play in the end.

Whenever you deal with the ongoing programming that the enemy tries to instill in you by v2k, be Strong, and be Stubborn. Know you are right and stand your ground on your beliefs.

Please feel free to add to this list of tools to deal with v2k. AS I remember tools I’ve used, or as I come across new ones, I will add to the list.

 

 

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Scientists Set Quantum Speed Limit

The speed limit, that is, the minimal time to transition between two easily distinguishable states, such as the north and south poles representing up and down states of a quantum spin (top), is characterized by a well-known relationship. But the speed limit between two states not entirely distinguishable, which correspond to states of arbitrary latitude and longitude whether on or within the sphere of all possible states of a quantum spin (bottom), was unknown until two UC Berkeley chemical physicists calculated it. Credit: Ty Volkoff image, UC Berkeley.University of California, Berkeley, scientists have proved a fundamental relationship between energy and time that sets a "quantum speed limit" on processes ranging from quantum computing and tunneling to optical switching.The energy-time uncertainty relationship is the flip side of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which sets limits on how precisely you can measure position and speed, and has been the bedrock of quantum mechanics for nearly 100 years. It has become so well-known that it has infected literature and popular culture with the idea that the act of observing affects what we observe.Not long after German physicist Werner Heisenberg, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics, proposed his relationship between position and speed, other scientists deduced that energy and time were related in a similar way, implying limits on the speed with which systems can jump from one energy state to another. The most common application of the energy-time uncertainty relationship has been in understanding the decay of excited states of atoms, where the minimum time it takes for an atom to jump to its ground state and emit light is related to the uncertainty of the energy of the excited state."This is the first time the energy-time uncertainty principle has been put on a rigorous basis - our arguments don't appeal to experiment, but come directly from the structure of quantum mechanics," said chemical physicist K. Birgitta Whaley, director of the Berkeley Quantum Information and Computation Center and a UC Berkeley professor of chemistry. "Before, the principle was just kind of thrown into the theory of quantum mechanics."The new derivation of the energy-time uncertainty has application for any measurement involving time, she said, particularly in estimating the speed with which certain quantum processes - such as calculations in a quantum computer - will occur."The uncertainty principle really limits how precise your clocks can be," said first author Ty Volkoff, a graduate student who just received his Ph.D. in chemistry from UC Berkeley. "In a quantum computer, it limits how fast you can go from one state to the other, so it puts limits on the clock speed of your computer."The new proof could even affect recent estimates of the computational power of the universe, which rely on the energy-time uncertainty principle.Volkoff and Whaley included the derivation of the uncertainty principle in a larger paper devoted to a detailed analysis of distinguishable quantum states that appeared online Dec. 18 in the journal Physical Review A.The problem of precision measurementHeisenberg's uncertainty principle, proposed in 1927, states that it's impossible to measure precisely both the position and speed - or more properly, momentum - of an object. That is, the uncertainty in measurement of the position times the uncertainty in measurement of momentum will always be greater than or equal to Planck's constant. Planck's constant is an extremely small number (6.62606957 × 10-34 square meter-kilogram/second) that describes the graininess of space.To physicists, an equally useful principle relates the uncertainties of measuring both time and energy: The variance of the energy of a quantum state times the lifetime of the state cannot be less than Planck's constant."When students first learn about time-energy uncertainty, they learn about the lifetime of atomic states or emission line widths in spectroscopy, which are very physical but empirical notions," Volkoff said.This observed relationship was first addressed mathematically in a 1945 paper by two Russian physicists who dealt only with transitions between two obviously distinct energy states. The new analysis by Volkoff and Whaley applies to all types of experiments, including those in which the beginning and end states may not be entirely distinct. The analysis allows scientists to calculate how long it will take for such states to be distinguishable from one another at any level of certainty."In many experiments that examine the time evolution of a quantum state, the experimenters are dealing with endpoints where the states are not completely distinguishable," Volkoff said. "But you couldn't determine the minimum time that process would take from our current understanding of the energy-time uncertainty."Most experiments dealing with light, as in the fields of spectroscopy and quantum optics, involve states that are not entirely distinct, he said. These states evolve on time scales of the order of femtoseconds - millionths of a billionth of a second.Alternatively, scientists working on quantum computers aim to establish entangled quantum states that evolve and perform a computation with speeds on the order of nanoseconds."Our analysis reveals that a minimal finite length of time must elapse in order to achieve a given success rate for distinguishing an initial quantum state from its time-evolved image using an optimal measurement," Whaley said.The new analysis could help determine the times required for quantum tunneling, such as the tunneling of electrons through the band-gap of a semiconductor or the tunneling of atoms in biological proteins.It also could be useful in a new field called "weak measurement," which involves tracking small changes in a quantum system, such as entangled qubits in a quantum computer, as the system evolves. No one measurement sees a state that is purely distinct from the previous state.
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