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May 28 10 tweets 9 min read
This Man found that the brain might actually block or filter out psi (psychic or extrasensory abilities). He and his team of researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that the human mind may possess latent abilities to influence seemingly random events—abilities that are typically suppressed by the brain itself.

Dr. Morris Freedman, Head of Neurology at Baycrest and Professor of Neurology at the University of Toronto, along with Malcolm A. Binns, Jed A. Meltzer, Rohila Hashimi, and Robert Chen, authored a research paper titled "Enhanced Mind-Matter Interactions Following rTMS-Induced Frontal Lobe Inhibition" in 2023.

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In this study, they tested healthy people by using a technique called rTMS, which temporarily weakens or shuts down a small area of the brain. When they used rTMS on the left middle frontal area, they saw a noticeable increase in psi-related effects, just like they had predicted. They analyzed the results in a way that matched their main theory and found clear evidence to support it.

Their earlier research on people with brain damage in the frontal lobe showed that a specific part of the brain: the left middle frontal area, might be involved in this blocking.

This suggests that the brain may normally stop psi from happening, and when that blocking area is weakened, either by injury or temporarily through rTMS, psi effects become easier to detect.Image One big reason people don’t accept psychic abilities is because the effects are usually very small and hard to repeat in experiments.

Psi is a group of mysterious mental abilities like telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis. While some researchers have found evidence supporting these abilities, others argue that the effects are too small or too hard to prove in scientific tests.

There are also no solid scientific theories explaining how psi might work. Still, if these abilities are real, they could be very important, so scientists believe more well-designed studies are needed to understand them better.

One theory suggests that the human brain may actually block these psi abilities. If psi were real and useful, evolution should have made them stronger over time.

But since that hasn’t happened, it’s possible that the brain evolved to suppress them. This may have helped people survive by stopping distractions from overwhelming psychic information like random thoughts or future visions.

The idea goes back to the philosopher Henri Bergson, who suggested over 100 years ago that nervous system may have evolved to inhibit psi as a protective mechanism to screen individuals from stimuli that are of no interest or benefit to them.

Based on this idea, the researchers created a model suggesting that the frontal lobes of the brain, especially a part called the left medial middle frontal area, may act as a filter to block psi abilities.

They found support for this in two patients with brain damage in that exact area. Both patients showed unusual ability to mentally affect a computer-generated arrow on a screen—something called micro-psychokinesis, or micro-PK—which means influencing small random events with the mind.Image
May 17 12 tweets 15 min read
This is Ingo Swann. He worked with the CIA. He claimed he could see Jupiter while sitting millions of miles away in a room. In 1973, he saw rings around Jupiter — a detail later confirmed in 1979 by the Voyager space probe, which discovered the Jovian ring system.

Ingo Swann was an American artist who had special psychic abilities, which means he could do things like extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis or moving objects with his mind.

Because of his abilities, he took part in experiments in 1970s that showed these powers might be real. He played an important role in the study of remote viewing.

He was involved in remote viewing experiments established by the U.S. Army and the CIA in collaboration with the Stanford Research Institute.

This clandestine initiative — code-named Project Stargate — later became the basis for the movie The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney and Jeff Bridges.

[cia.gov/readingroom/se…]Image In July 1971, Ingo Swann took part in an experiment during a party where people were trying to photograph signs of psychic powers in a dark room.

In Swann's photo, a ball of light appeared above his head. This event, along with other experiences, helped him realize that he had psychic abilities, which he had first noticed when he was a child.

This led him to become involved in the study of psychic phenomena.

One researcher, Gertrude Schmeidler, tested him at the American Society for Psychical Research. Swann was able to change the temperature of graphite samples without touching them. The setup was carefully controlled to avoid outside influence.

For example, the temperature sensor was kept in a thermos 25 feet away. Instructions were given in a strict, pre-planned order, alternating between trying to make things hotter or colder.

Results showed that Swann could change the temperature near the target and also cause the opposite effect in a faraway area. These changes weren’t based on physical factors like distance, but rather on mental or psychological ones.Image
Apr 29 16 tweets 11 min read
This woman researched alien abductions and found that aliens manipulate perception, control consciousness, cause unexplained illnesses and mental decline, and engage in gruesome activities in underground facilities.

Her work showed that alien encounters could cause serious physical, emotional, and spiritual harm, making people question what aliens really want.

Dr. Turner was a brave activist for human rights and an investigator of alien abductions. She had a background in Old English studies and used to teach at a college. She wrote three books about alien abductions: Into the Fringe (1992), Taken (1994), and Masquerade of Angels (1994), which she co-wrote with a psychic named Ted Rice. Through her work, she asked important questions about whether aliens were truly friendly.

She started studying alien abductions in 1988. In her books Into the Fringe and Taken, she shared her own experiences and those of others who had been abducted, showing how frightening these events were.

In Masquerade of Angels, she wrote about Ted Rice’s experiences. At first, Rice thought the aliens were good, but he later realized they were dangerous. One disturbing story he told was about seeing his dead grandfather turn into a reptile-like creature who behaved in a threatening way. This event was followed by the sudden death of Rice’s grandmother.

Sadly, Dr. Turner died from breast cancer in 1996. After her death, more of her work was published, including stories about her own family’s encounters with aliens. She also believed that people who were abducted were targeted on purpose, not randomly chosen. Dr. Turner thought the military was secretly involved, targeting people who reported alien experiences.

So let's dive into Dr Karla Turner's research...Image In her 1995 lecture at the MUFON Convention, Dr. Karla Turner introduced herself as an abductee, using that term because she had been taken and controlled by non-human entities.

She explained that this was a form of alien abduction, something that she and her family had experienced, and she had documented these events in her book Into the Fringe, published in 1992.

Her book focuses on the period between 1987 and 1990, when she and her family became consciously aware of their alien encounters, which had been happening since childhood.

In her view, the nature of alien activity is deliberately designed to prevent humans from collecting solid proof.

According to Dr. Turner, this makes it difficult to feel confident about many of the "facts" in the field. She explained that, based on everything she had learned, there were very few things she felt comfortable calling facts, and that list was very short. Instead of presenting case reports, photos, body markings, or drawings of aliens and spacecraft, as she had done in the past, she chose to take a different approach in this lecture.

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Apr 15 13 tweets 11 min read
This Man's model for Consciousness used by the CIA believed that consciousness and physical reality are deeply connected through vibration. His main idea was that everything in the universe—from atoms to humans to the entire cosmos—is vibrating, and these vibrations are what create and shape reality.

Dr Itzhak Bentov was born in Czechoslovakia during World War II. He lost his parents and siblings in a Nazi concentration camp. After escaping to Israel, he joined the army’s scientific division and helped invent their first rocket—despite not having formal science training. Later, he moved to the U.S. and invented a steerable medical catheter. He was considered a brilliant mind.

His idea of consciousness starts with the smallest particles: atoms. He believed everything in the universe is vibrating or resonating. From atoms to molecules to human beings, everything vibrates. Even things like sound waves, light waves, and gravity waves all follow patterns of harmony (called coherence) and disharmony (decoherence). Reality, according to Bentov, is made up of these vibrations.

He believed that for a tiny moment, when vibrations cancel out to zero (a node), our reality "switches" into a different, higher-frequency state. Most of the time, we experience normal reality, but in those tiny moments, we may be connected to a deeper, more refined level of existence.Image Itzhak Bentov’s work played a crucial role in shaping the theoretical foundation of the CIA’s Gateway Process. Bentov, known not only for his inventions like a remote-controlled cardiac catheter and diet spaghetti, also wrote extensively about human consciousness.

His biomedical and metaphysical models were central to Lt. Col. Wayne M. McDonnell’s 1983 report for the U.S. Army, which explored methods for transcending spacetime using the mind.

McDonnell’s report pulled ideas from various sources, but Bentov’s theories provided the scientific scaffolding that helped explain how altered states of consciousness—induced through techniques like meditation, biofeedback, hypnosis, and Kundalini yoga—could lead to powerful transformations in perception.

Specifically, Bentov’s ideas helped support the notion that the human body and mind can be tuned like instruments, with vibrational coherence playing a key role in achieving states of deep awareness or even out-of-body experiences. His influence helped lend credibility and structure to the more abstract or esoteric elements of the Gateway Process.

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Apr 3 9 tweets 10 min read
This billionaire is convinced that non-human intelligent life exists among us and that such entities may exist in other dimensions. He claims that G-LOC makes our consciousness leave the body, allowing us to see beyond the room while being outside the body.

Robert Bigelow has long been fascinated by supernatural phenomena and has invested millions in researching the mystery behind consciousness, UAPs, and extraterrestrials.

He is well-known in the space industry. His company makes special inflatable space modules. Some of these modules have been tested on the International Space Station.

He believes that aliens are already here on Earth. In an interview with CBS in 2017, he said he was “absolutely convinced” of their presence.

He explained that there has always been an extraterrestrial (ET) presence among humans. He also said he had spent millions of dollars researching this topic. According to him, people don’t need to travel far to find aliens because they are already here. However, when asked for details about his own experiences, he refused to share them.Image Bigelow had already been funding various individual UFO researchers, but in 1995, he decided to set up his own research organization, the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS). He invited several luminaries of UFO research to participate, including Hal Puthoff, Jacques Vallée, and John Mack. Not simply a UFO organization, NIDS also probed the question of whether there is life after death. Its hotline (and later website) would take your reports of mysterious black flying triangles, but it also solicited reports of cattle mutilations and visits from "entities"—essentially ghosts.

In 1996, NIDS started investigating Skinwalker Ranch. This was a cattle ranch owned by the Sherman family, who had reported strange events like UFO sightings, animals being mysteriously harmed, and visits from unknown beings. Bigelow found these stories interesting, so he bought the ranch and set up a team of researchers to study it.

For the first year, nothing unusual happened. However, later reports suggested that something strange did occur, which caught the attention of a U.S. senator named Harry Reid.

Senator Reid had been interested in UFOs for a long time. A journalist told him about NIDS, and since Reid already knew Bigelow, he got involved. Reid even attended a NIDS meeting where experts discussed UFOs and other unexplained events. He became very interested in the topic.

Over the years, Reid continued to follow UFO research, even though his staff thought it might make him look bad. In 2007, Bigelow introduced Reid to James Lacatski, a scientist working for the U.S. government. Lacatski had read a book called Hunt for the Skinwalker, which described strange things happening at the ranch, like UFOs, ghostly lights, and mysterious creatures. He was so fascinated that he shared the book with others in the government.

Lacatski visited Skinwalker Ranch himself. During one visit, he claimed to have seen something floating in the kitchen—an object that looked like the cover of a music album called Tubular Bells. After this experience, he became convinced that the strange events at the ranch needed further investigation.
Mar 28 10 tweets 8 min read
This man spent his life searching for the truth behind reincarnation and found compelling evidence suggesting that souls are reborn after death. His research indicates that genetics, environment, and parental nurturing may not solely account for a child's development and behavior. He believed that certain personality traits of deceased individuals might influence children in ways that couldn't be easily explained.

Dr. Ian Stevenson was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist who became interested in studying cases where children seemed to remember past lives. He was very successful in his career and became the head of the psychiatry department at the University of Virginia in 1957. However, his interest in paranormal topics grew stronger over time.

In 1968, a wealthy inventor named Chester Carlson, who created the Xerox copying process, died suddenly. He left a million dollars to the University of Virginia to fund Stevenson’s research into the paranormal. With this money, Stevenson was able to focus completely on studying children who claimed to remember past lives.

Over the next 40 years, Stevenson’s research convinced some skeptics and made his supporters compare him to famous scientists like Charles Darwin and Galileo.Image 🚀 For more fascinating information and thought-provoking content, head over to our YouTube channel:



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Mar 18 14 tweets 13 min read
This Man, who worked for NASA, has devised several experiments to prove that our reality is a simulation. He says, 'Consciousness is not a product of the simulation — it is fundamental to reality.'

Thomas Campbell is a physicist, author, and speaker. He’s best known for writing a book series called My Big T.O.E. — where "T.O.E." stands for Theory of Everything. In this series, he tries to explain how everything in the universe works, from physics to consciousness.

His big idea is that reality might be like a computer simulation — like a super advanced video game. He believes the universe started with a "digital Big Bang" and that everything we experience is part of a virtual world. This idea connects to something called digital physics, which suggests that the universe runs on information, like a computer program.

Campbell also worked with other scientists to design experiments that could test whether we’re living in a simulation. In 2018, he even ran a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $236,000 to fund those experiments.Image Thomas Campbell worked for NASA as part of the Ares I program, which was a project aimed at developing a rocket to replace the Space Shuttle and send astronauts to space, including missions to the Moon and Mars. His role focused on risk assessment and solving technical problems to ensure mission and crew safety.

Specifically, he worked on identifying and addressing vulnerabilities — basically figuring out what could go wrong and finding ways to prevent failures. His job was to improve the chances of success for both the rocket and the astronauts on board.

Before that, he had had a long career in defense technology. He had been working as a systems analyst for U.S. Army technical intelligence for 10 years, then spent 30 more years working on missile defense systems as a contractor for the Department of Defense.

So while he's now known for his work on consciousness and simulation theory, his background is rooted in physics and high-stakes engineering — particularly making sure complex systems (like rockets) don’t fail under extreme conditions.

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Mar 11 12 tweets 10 min read
This woman found something in 'Dying Human Brain' that makes no sense. Her breakthrough research reveals that a dying brain generates 'Gamma Waves,' suggesting it may remain active in a meaningful way even during death.

For several years, Neuroscientist Jimo Borjigin had been surprised to realize how little we know about what happens to the brain when we die, even though dying is a natural part of life.

About ten years ago, she accidentally discovered this while conducting experiments on rats. She and her team were monitoring brain chemicals after surgery when two rats unexpectedly died, allowing her to observe the brain's activity during death.

She wondered if one of the rats had hallucinations because its brain released a large amount of serotonin—a chemical linked to mood and hallucinations. This made her curious, so she started researching the topic, only to find that very little was known about how the brain behaves when dying.

Since then, as a professor at the University of Michigan, she has dedicated herself to studying this process. What she discovered challenged common beliefs.Image For a long time, doctors have declared people "clinically dead" when their heart stops beating. The focus has always been on the heart, not the brain. Since the brain needs oxygen to function, it was assumed that when the heart stops pumping blood, the brain simply shuts down.

However, Dr. Borjigin's research showed something different.

In a 2013 study, her team found that after a rat’s heart stopped, brain chemicals spiked dramatically:

-Serotonin increased 60 times;
-Dopamine (the "feel-good" chemical) rose 40–60 times;
-Norepinephrine (which makes a person alert) increased 100 times.

These levels were much higher than when the animal was alive.

In 2015, they studied more dying rats and found that in every case, the brain became highly active instead of shutting down.Image
Feb 27 11 tweets 10 min read
This Man, who served in the U.S. Air Force, has one of the most convincing UFO encounter stories. He had a terrifying experience at Devil’s Den State Park, claiming to have been repeatedly abducted by aliens, fitted with a tracking device, and experimented on.

Terry Lovelace found something strange in his leg during a doctor's visit in 2012. He had felt a sharp pain, lost his balance, and fallen. When the doctor took an X-ray, he discovered a small square object deep inside Terry’s leg. The doctor was confused because Terry had never had surgery or an accident that could explain it. Then, Terry remembered something he had tried to forget for 40 years—a terrifying experience at Devil’s Den State Park. The object in his leg was not man-made.

In 1973, Mr. Lovelace joined the U.S. Air Force immediately after graduating from high school. He received training as a medic/EMT and was stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, which was previously called Sedalia Air Force Base. The base served as a B-2 bomber base and missile base and was home to the 351st Strategic Missile Wing, with many Minuteman II nuclear-armed ICBM silos scattered across the rural area.Image Lovelace worked as a medic at an Air Force base and drove an ambulance at night with his partner, Toby. One night in June 1977, while taking a break, they looked at the stars. Toby, who loved astronomy, pointed out planets and constellations. Their night shifts were usually quiet, but this night changed their lives forever.

Later, Lovelace and Toby went camping at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas. As they sat by the fire, the sounds of crickets and frogs suddenly stopped, making everything eerily silent. Then, they saw three bright lights moving toward them. As the lights got closer, they realized they were coming from a huge, black, triangular-shaped UFO.

A blue laser beam quickly scanned over them, and the next thing they knew, they had lost consciousness. When Lovelace woke up, Toby was staring outside the tent. Lovelace looked too and saw the UFO floating above a group of about twelve children standing in a field. Confused, he asked, “Why are those kids out here at this time of night?”

Toby responded, “They aren’t kids. Don’t you remember? They took us and hurt us.”

Hearing this triggered Lovelace’s memory. Over the years, he used hypnosis to recover more details about what happened that night. He remembered being taken inside the UFO, where strange-looking beings performed medical experiments on him.

These beings looked somewhat human but were also very different. They didn’t speak but communicated using thoughts (telepathy). Lovelace recalled lying on an examination table, trying to scream, but no sound came out. Through telepathy, he could hear the beings telling him not to be afraid and that they would return him safely.

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Feb 25 8 tweets 7 min read
The Chinese government doesn’t want you anywhere near this mountain.

Mount Kailash, one of the most sacred places on Earth, is surrounded by strange phenomena and scientific mysteries.

Nestled within the Himalayas of Tibet, Mount Kailash is approximately 6,666 kilometers (km) from England’s famed megalithic mystery site, Stonehenge.

The distance from Kailash to the Great Pyramid of Giza is also approximately 6,666 km.

Mount Kailash to the North Pole? Also 6,666 km.

Further, Mount Kailash sits exactly 13,332 km from the South Pole, exactly double that 6,666 km range.

These precise measurements only scratch the surface of Kailash’s curiosities, having intrigued researchers, spiritual practitioners, and mountaineers for thousands of years.Image
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Considered the center of the global energy grid for its high levels of electromagnetic activity, visitors to Kailash often report unusual experiences, including accelerated hair and nail growth, suggesting an acute time dilation effect in the region.

Some climbers of Kailash claim to experience two weeks' worth of hair and nail growth occurring in just a few hours, prompting them to turn back and descale their expeditions.

Could Mount Kailash’s effects on hair and nail growth indicate some type of time distortion as a result of its high levels of electromagnetic energy? (Source: en.icr.su/work/conferenc…)

We spoke with Mike Masters regarding the connection between time dilation and UAP sightings, wherein contactees report rapid shifts or lapses in time that may point to a holistic understanding of energy portals, megalithic structures, and the bending of space time:
Feb 17 10 tweets 10 min read
This doctor believes that Death is not the Annihilation of the human mind. He says of consciousness: 'That entity continues, and it persists even when the brain does not appear to be functioning.' He also suggests that 'consciousness may be a separate entity from the brain.'

Sam Parnia, an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone, is a leading researcher in resuscitation science and consciousness studies. He is the author of Lucid Dying: The New Science Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death.

His research explores near-death experiences, the continuation of consciousness after clinical death, and advanced techniques to revive the brain. By leveraging AI and cutting-edge medical technologies, Parnia is reshaping our understanding of life, death, and the possibilities of bringing patients back even after they've been declared dead.

Dr. Parnia’s research reveals that death is not an instantaneous event, but rather a process that unfolds over time. After a person’s heart stops, the cells in their body, including the brain, begin their own gradual death process.

Brain cells do not die as quickly as people once thought when they don’t get oxygen. Instead of dying within minutes, they can survive for hours or even days before the damage becomes permanent. This means there may be more time to help someone who has lost oxygen, such as in drowning or a stroke.Image What happens when you die?

Dr. Parnia’s research focuses on near-death experiences. He studies people who were brought back to life after their hearts stopped. Many of these patients say they had clear and detailed experiences, even when their brains were not working properly or had stopped working completely. This is surprising because scientists expect the brain to stop producing thoughts and memories when it has no activity.

One in five people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest may describe lucid experiences of death that occurred while they were seemingly unconscious and on the brink of death, a new study shows.

Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and elsewhere, the study involved 567 men and women whose hearts stopped beating while hospitalized and who received CPR between May 2017 and March 2020 in the United States and United Kingdom. Despite immediate treatment, fewer than 10 percent recovered sufficiently to be discharged from the hospital.

Survivors reported having unique lucid experiences, including a perception of separation from the body, observing events without pain or distress, and a meaningful evaluation of life, including of their actions, intentions, and thoughts toward others. The researchers found these experiences of death to be different from hallucinations, delusions, illusions, dreams, or CPR-induced consciousness.

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Feb 9 9 tweets 9 min read
Yes, humans have achieved 'teleportation' with a quantum supercomputer, but it's not your Sci-Fi teleportation. Scientists want to teleport an entire human—can they do it? Let's find out with this new Earth-Shattering discovery!

Scientists at Oxford found a way to connect two separate quantum computers so they can work together as one. They did this using something called quantum teleportation.

But this isn’t the kind of teleportation you see in sci-fi movies—nothing physically moves. Instead, information is transferred instantly from one place to another without actually traveling through space.

Quantum computers are super powerful, but they need millions of qubits to solve big problems. The problem is, cramming millions of qubits into one machine is nearly impossible. Instead of making one giant quantum computer, the researchers figured out how to link multiple smaller quantum computers together—like connecting tiny puzzle pieces to make a bigger, more powerful system.

Scientists have teleported quantum information before, but this is the first time they have teleported logical gates—the basic building blocks of a computer program. This means the linked quantum computers can now work together to run complex programs, just like a single, bigger quantum machine.

In short: They found a way to link quantum computers together using teleportation, making them work as one big system. This could help quantum computers become more powerful and practical in the real world.Image Researchers at the University of Oxford connected two separate quantum processors using a special "photonic network interface," making them work together as one fully connected quantum computer.

This breakthrough could help solve complex problems that regular computers cannot handle. To be truly useful, quantum computers need to process millions of qubits (the basic unit of quantum information). However, fitting so many processors into one machine would make it extremely large.

The new approach links smaller quantum devices together, allowing them to share the work. In theory, this method can connect as many processors as needed.

While quantum teleportation has been done before, this study is the first to teleport "logical gates," which are the basic building blocks of quantum algorithms, across a network. This could lead to a future "quantum internet," where distant quantum processors form a super-secure network for communication and computing.

Lead researcher Dougal Main explained that, unlike previous teleportation experiments, their method allows separate quantum systems to interact. By carefully designing these interactions, they created logical quantum gates between qubits in different quantum computers, effectively linking them together as one system.

To test their method, the team ran Grover’s search algorithm, which can find items in large, unorganized datasets much faster than a regular computer. The success of this experiment shows how linking multiple quantum devices can lead to powerful, scalable quantum computers—potentially solving complex problems in hours that would take today's supercomputers years to complete.

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Dec 30, 2024 7 tweets 7 min read
Scientist Robert Lanza explains why 'Death does not Exist'. According to him, Death is merely Transport into another Universe and can be understood with Quantum physics. He argues that if we incorporate life and consciousness into the equation, many scientific puzzles can be explained, including why the universe appears fine-tuned for life.

@RobertLanza is a scientist, author, and professor at Wake Forest University. He is known for his groundbreaking work in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. TIME magazine named him one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and Prospect magazine listed him among the Top 50 “World Thinkers.”

Dr. Lanza has published hundreds of scientific papers and over 30 books on topics like stem cells, tissue engineering, and regeneration. He’s also the author of books like Biocentrism, Beyond Biocentrism, and The Grand Biocentric Design, exploring the role of consciousness in shaping reality.

We often think of the afterlife as something tied to religion or spirituality. But science might also explore it in some ways. Dr. Robert Lanza believes we’re looking at things the wrong way. He says life, especially consciousness, is more important than the universe itself. Through his theory called 'Biocentrism,' he claims that space and time only exist because our consciousness perceives them.Image Biocentrism, meaning "life at the center," is a bold theory. If proven true, it could change how we understand physics, biology, the mind, and even artificial intelligence. For example, imagine a blade of grass. Your brain, through your eyes, tells you it’s green. But what if scientists could change how your brain processes that and make you see it as red or yellow? Dr. Lanza explains that reality is just how our brain interprets sensory information.

Our consciousness builds our experience of reality. While physics treats space and time as fixed, Lanza argues they are just tools of the mind. He even suggests that death isn’t real in any true sense.

Notice how, for instance, when you are a child, days and weeks seem to drag on, while when you get older, they fly by. Time itself hasn’t changed just our perception of it. Whether the universe actually works the way in which we perceive it isn’t readily known. One of the fundamental laws of Newtonian physics is that energy isn’t created or destroyed, it simply takes another form. The energy trapped in our brain must take another form then, even when a person dies. Meanwhile, our senses tell us that it’s their end. But where does this energy go? In a world with endless space and time, could death really exist? If not, is immortality a phenomenon that occurs within space-time or outside of it?Robert Lanza's talk on Biocentrism at the Science and Nonduality Conference 2010.
Dec 6, 2024 9 tweets 5 min read
This scientist says, 'Nothing you see is real.' He explains that everything we experience—space, time, the sun, the moon, and physical objects—are just part of a mental 'visualization tool' we use to interact with the world."

Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist and professor at the University of California proposes that in reality, the true nature of the universe is very different from what we perceive.

Dr. Hoffman proposes that rather than being created by the brain, a universal consciousness creates brain activity and is responsible for all matter in the physical world.

He says that our brains are like this virtual reality system, rendering objects like neurons only when needed. We are not truly aware of the deeper reality outside of space and time, just like a video game player doesn't know how the game engine works under the surface. Our experiences, thoughts, and feelings are part of this "simulation."

@donalddhoffmanImage Hoffman suggests that consciousness is exploring endless possibilities, but we're limited by our human perceptions, like only being able to imagine a few dimensions or colors. He believes that by trying to understand this "visualization tool" more deeply, we can expand our minds and get closer to understanding the true nature of consciousness and reality, which is far beyond what we can currently imagine.
Sep 11, 2023 13 tweets 3 min read
@YesTheory and I had the privilege of speaking with UFO Whistleblower Dave Grusch for hours after his congressional testimony. Thread of key takeaways below (part 1): Hints of reverse engineering programs are everywhere and often publicly available. Nathan Twining was head of Air Materiel Command for the Air Force. In the postscript of his famous 1947 memo on UFO’s, he literally discusses the possibility of American programs building them: Image