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From: "Dr. Leon Harmond" <harmond@norwoodfunk.com>
Subject: Re: Questions about the hallucination paper
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B,
Thank you for your questions, I am sorry it has taken me so long to respond,
but I am not always available to check my e-mail. Patience is perhaps too
frequently required when dealing with this lab, but at this time there is
little we can do about it. I am considering asking LeE (our publisher if
he would be interested in publishing your e-mail and my response. Please
let me know if you would have any problems with that.
I will see if I can answer your questions by simply explaining further some
of the theses of the original paper. If you read our esteemed founder Norwood
Funk's paper about the nature of light and thought (http://www.norwoodfunk.com/htdocs/norwood.html)
some of your concerns regarding the transmission of thoughts or lies should
answer themselves. Essentially light is thought. If you can think of a lie,
you can transmit it. Similarly, if you can think of a lie, you can say it.
We are suggesting at the lab, that hallucinatory processes are a key to
a possible method of communication that would save us the arduous task of
opening our mouths and articulating things through language. Using our current
mode of communication, we are already removing our thoughts from their source
of origin by translating them into language. Imagine how much more work
we could get done if we were able to remove that translation process.
Our implication that an individual can transport themselves to a location
based on a photograph is based on the power of the mental construct. Most
individuals are incapable of developing their mentally constructive abilities,
and thus cannot travel using pictures. It is my contention however that
once parts of the mind like the imagination are given their proper importance
in the scientific community, we will see that much of the research being
done to create immersive virtual environments will become obsolete. This
would then allow individuals to enter spaces of all sorts. from the past
to the present or even the future. The question of physical vs. virtual
travel will at that time be obsolete.
I hope this answers your questions. Please feel free to inquire further
if greater clarification is necessary.
Sincerely,
Dr. Leon Harmond
