It must have been in the 1970s that I watched a television program featuring the parapsychologist Hans Bender (1907-1991). It was about contacting the dead.
For this purpose, he had traveled to Lake Mälaren in Sweden, because someone there claimed to be able to make contact with the dead. A microphone and shortwave radio signal (in an area where no transmitter was located) were recorded on tape. Then, something very noisy could be heard. It was played several times.
Later, it was interpreted as: "The sound was mixed at Lake Mälaren." Now that's a deep message from the afterlife. The further interpretation was that it was a simultaneous microphone and shortwave recording. Yes, the dead are picky; if the sound is mixed, that's all they tell us.
That was pretty flimsy for a television program, and of course, much flimsier if you want to use a scientific basis for parapsychology. I remained skeptical.
And I was right! A few weeks later, a technician had distorted parts of the song "Beg, Steal or Borrow" by the New Seekers so that it sounded like the recording of the message from the dead at Lake Mälaren. Shortwave radio is reflected in the ionosphere and is susceptible to interference, such as the famous crackling; frequency distortions are also possible. And that's what they had heard at Lake Mälaren. No dead people.
One would think that the paranormal nonsense would stop now. No, they diligently continue. And when they're at a loss, they quote William Shakespeare from Hamlet: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Brilliant theatre, brilliant words, but not science.
Link and Annotation:
This is a translation from:
Eine Vignette zu paranormalem Unsinn, published on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019.
https://rheumatologe.blogspot.com/2019/08/eine-vignette-zu-paranormalem-unsinn.html
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For this purpose, he had traveled to Lake Mälaren in Sweden, because someone there claimed to be able to make contact with the dead. A microphone and shortwave radio signal (in an area where no transmitter was located) were recorded on tape. Then, something very noisy could be heard. It was played several times.
Later, it was interpreted as: "The sound was mixed at Lake Mälaren." Now that's a deep message from the afterlife. The further interpretation was that it was a simultaneous microphone and shortwave recording. Yes, the dead are picky; if the sound is mixed, that's all they tell us.
That was pretty flimsy for a television program, and of course, much flimsier if you want to use a scientific basis for parapsychology. I remained skeptical.
And I was right! A few weeks later, a technician had distorted parts of the song "Beg, Steal or Borrow" by the New Seekers so that it sounded like the recording of the message from the dead at Lake Mälaren. Shortwave radio is reflected in the ionosphere and is susceptible to interference, such as the famous crackling; frequency distortions are also possible. And that's what they had heard at Lake Mälaren. No dead people.
One would think that the paranormal nonsense would stop now. No, they diligently continue. And when they're at a loss, they quote William Shakespeare from Hamlet: "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Brilliant theatre, brilliant words, but not science.
Link and Annotation:
This is a translation from:
Eine Vignette zu paranormalem Unsinn, published on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019.
https://rheumatologe.blogspot.com/2019/08/eine-vignette-zu-paranormalem-unsinn.html
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