Coast to Coast - October 15 2017 - Strange Experiences - Star Trek Inventions.nfo
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Coast to Coast - October 15 2017 - Strange Experiences - Star Trek Inventions
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General Information
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More Info............: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2017/10/15
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Release Notes
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DATE: Sunday - October 15, 2017
HOST: George Knapp
GUESTS: John Alexander, Ethan Siegel
John B. Alexander, Ph.D., a retired senior Army officer with decades of
experience exploring unusual phenomena, joined George Knapp in the first half to
discuss events that seem to challenge the revered "laws of science," including
issues of life after death, mind over matter, UFOs, remote viewing, telepathic
communications and more. A contactee named Chris Bledsoe was spontaneously cured
of Crohn's disease, which he suffered from for 12 years, and believes he was
healed by his ET contacts. What Alexander found especially significant was when
he visiting him, Bledsoe said "Oh, I think they're here," and just 10 seconds
later, a bright unexplained light suddenly appeared in the sky and then zipped
off to the north.
"There have been reports of interactions between humans and sentient non-human
entities," Alexander noted, "throughout recorded history." Rather than being
entirely discreet phenomena, he's theorized that a lot of the strange events
he's looked into may be interconnected in some way, and "we should broaden our
scope of research rather than narrow it." Weighing in on the new Tom DeLonge
venture set up to investigate UFOs and their technology, Alexander remarked that
"the team they put together is superb," but for now it's not a revelation of new
information, but instead presented as an investment opportunity for the public.
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In the latter half, PhD astrophysicist, science writer, and author, Ethan Siegel
spoke about "Treknology" - iconic inventions from the complete history of the
Star Trek universe, and how close we are to achieving them in the real world
today (view related images). Interestingly, the "communicator" device featured
in the original 1960s series actually inspired the development of Motorola's
first flip phone, he reported. Regarding the transporter depicted on the show,
Siegel commented that such technology is being worked on in the early stages
with inanimate objects, but if it could function with humans it might raise
ethical questions, such as is the transported person, a copy, rather than the
original person?
The universal translator is closer to reality than most people realize, he said,
citing Google's latest work in the field, particularly with their new phones.
Developments in VR are advancing, and while not yet approaching the experiences
seen in Star Trek's holodeck, Siegel has been impressed with the use of
infrasound to create the sense of touch on the skin, such as with falling
raindrops. The Tricorder medical device is also on its way to becoming a
reality, he added-- Qualcomm recently ran a Tricorder X-prize contest to see if
teams could create a handheld device that could diagnose over a dozen different
medical conditions, and two of the teams were successful.
WEBSITE(S):
johnbalexander.com
scienceblogs.com
BOOK(S):
Reality Denied
UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities
Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive
Beyond the Galaxy
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