The Top 5 Mad Scientists In The World
MODERN MAD SCIENTISTS
The term “mad scientist” conjures up images of Dr. Frankenstein in his laboratory trying to reanimate the macabre quilt that was Frankenstein’s Monster. While Dr. Frankenstein and modern day “mad scientists” may not have much in common, they do share one passion: pushing the boundries of accepted science. We call them “mad scientists” here not because they are crazy and share insane delusions, but because they pursue what most scientists would call “pseudosciences”
(From Wikipedia: Pseudoscience is a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not adhere to a valid scientific method, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, cannot be reliably tested, or otherwise lacks scientific status.)
Before It’s News presents its choices for the Top 5 “Mad Scientists” in the World:
An English biochemist and plant physiologist, Sheldrake is known for having proposed an unorthodox account of morphogenesis and for his research into parapsychology. His books and papers stem from his theory of morphic resonance, and cover topics such as animal and plant development and behaviour, memory, telepathy, perception and cognition in general. His publications include A New Science of Life (1981), Seven Experiments That Could Change the World (1995), Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (1999), and The Sense of Being Stared At (2003).
Sheldrake’s ideas have often met with a hostile reception from some scientists, including accusations that he is engaged in pseudoscience. (fromWikipedia) His research on telepathy in animals (summarized in his book ”Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Jome“) led him to see telepathy as normal, rather than a paranormal phenomenon, an aspect of communication between members of animal social groups. The same principles apply to human telepathy, and he has investigated little explored aspects of human telepathy, such as telepathy between mothers and babies, telephone telepathy (thinking of someone who soon afterwards calls) and email telepathy.
http://www.sheldrake.org/homepage.html Rupert Sheldrake homepage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Sheldrake Rupert’s wikipedia
4. Russell Targ
Targ received a Bachelor of Science in physics from Queens College in 1954, and did graduate work in physics at Columbia University. He received two NASA awards for inventions and contributions in lasers and laser communications.
In 1997 he retired from Lockheed Martin as a project manager and senior staff scientist, where he developed laser technology for airborne detection of wind shear and air turbulance. He has published more than a hundred papers on lasers, plasma physics, laser applications and electro-optics.
At the Stanford research institute in the 1970s and 1980s, Targ and his colleague Harold E. Puthoff co-founded a 23-year, $25-million program of research into psychic abilities and their operational use for the U.S. intelligence community, including the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency and Army Intelligence. These abilities are referred to collectively as “remote viewing.” Targ and Puthoff both believe that Uri Geller, retired police commissioner Pat Price, and artist Ingo Swann all had genuine psychic abilities. They published their findings in Nature and the Proceedings of the IEEE. From 1972 to 1995 the program was classified SECRET and compartmentalized with Limited Access. That is to say, the program was not only classified, but every single person who was informed about the program had to personally sign a so-called bigot list, to acknowledge that they had been exposed to the program data. However, their work met criticism from some, including psychologists David Marks and Richard Kammann in their 1980 book, The Psychology of Psychics. (frm Wikipedia)
http://www.espresearch.com/ Russel Targ’s homepage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Targ Russell Targ wikipedia page
5. Yakir Aharonov
An Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics, Aharonov is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University in California. He is also a distinguished professor in Perimeter Institute. He also serves as a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University in Israel. He is president of the Iyar, The Israeli Institute for Advanced Research.
His research interests are nonlocal and topological effects in quantum mechanics, quantum field theories and interpretations of quantum mechanics. In 1959, he and David Bohm proposed the Aharanov-Bohm effect for which he co-received the 1998 Wolf Prize. (from Wikipedia)
Aharonov and his group are “looking into the notion that time might flow backward, allowing the future to influence the past. By extension, the universe might have a destiny that reaches back and conspires with the past to bring the present into view. On a cosmic scale, this idea could help explain how life arose in the universe against tremendous odds. On a personal scale, it may make us question whether fate is pulling us inexorably forward and whether we have free will.
Recent research by Aharonov’s team suggests a similar notion of the nature of time as Daryl Bem’s. However, because Aharonov’s research has taken place under extremely controlled circumstances, it may garner more respect from the scientific community (fairly or unfairly).
http://chapmannews.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/chapman-professor-lands-discover-cover-story/ Article about Aharonov’s work on the nature of time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakir_Aharonov Yakir’s wikipedia page
http://www.chapman.edu/SCS/CS/faculty/Aharonov.asp Yakir’s homepage
These are just five scientists out of the dozens “crazy” enough to push the boundries of accepted science. Men and woman like these will likely determine the future of humanity’s understanding of the universe. As history demonstrates, it is “mad science” where progress comes from, not from the stagnant, skeptical and accepted views of most sciences. After all, the world is round, not flat.
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’”
Isaac Asimov
“All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike — and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
Albert Einstein
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Clever con-men, getting money for nothing. Used to be there’s a sucker born every minute.. but that was way back. Now it’s probably a 100 suckers born every second. Too bad these shysters are getting our tax money to do it! If they were spending their own money.. great. But they want ours! Screw that!
A famous quote, and I don’t remember by whom:
“The world is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stanger than we CAN imagine.”
Inscribed in the Mayan Book of Life…The Popol Vuh:
God blew mist into the eyes of some men..so that in seeing…they would not behold.
The exact scenario I have dealt with since 1994…Petro Photoglyphs (just Google the term) are small hologram stone time-capsule messages…portals to contact with an ancient alien intelligence…
laserles
@Anon 1:37 According to WikiQuote it’s J.B.S. Haldane, from his work “Possible Worlds and Other Papers.”
WikiQuote says the quote is actually, “Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
Perfect addendum to this story! Thank you
Quite surprised John Hutchinson isn’t on this list….
Great story, Mort!
This is google
Our ability to formulate the future and other mind powers do exist, the extent of which I do not know. Although, as some prophets have suggested, that now is not a good time for developing these abilities, and we should not encourage the strengthening of these powers. We are reminded that our main superpower is our intellect and that when we use it properly, it can, along with the power of God, accomplish all we ever want.