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The "god helmet" effects on the brain Vs. it happening without wearing one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmet - It obviously has an impact on the brain, some more unique or intense than others.
What I'm curious about is if the phenomenon is a product of the brain or something external? The helmet uses a weak but complex field and the results seem to be pretty random, and not something you can consistently reproduce.
My best guess is that it's produced by the individual on account of people (the sane and relatively credible ones) who seem to experience effects similar to the helmets, while not wearing it, experience them during times of stress or while actively trying to obtain the effect (meditation, deep concentration or usage of drugs... or mixtures), and the experience reported is relative to their situation. Like a religious person in extreme mental distress suddenly experiencing "god" while praying, and with that comfort. Or Tesla having some seemingly unnatural vision of a schematic, which was obviously relative to his work in general. You don't really read things like, "Homeless man has crystal clear vision of (insert scientific breakthrough)". :tongue2:
Though on the other end of the argument is the question of what else could cause something like what the helmet tries to recreate if not the brain itself? If it's some external force then it seems like it would have to be created by something intelligent which could create a field specific enough to your brains unique state and also your condition. By condition I mean some deep life changing epiphany relative to you and whatever is important to you in it at the time. Things like a spiritual experience during extreme depression giving someone renewed faith, scientific breakthroughs that are extraordinarily specific (like the Tesla example) or something which seems very vague to the individual at the time, but is so intense that it leaves a definitive impression on the person and becomes the cornerstone to a future invention or life improvement of some sort.
Personally, I lean toward it being a product of the first example as it makes the most sense (in my opinion). Though what is most interesting to me is how these occurrences just seem to happen at more or less perfect times. Like Tesla walking casually, probably thinking about magnetism and charge and all that, then suddenly his head "explodes" with such clear information and then goes back to normal. As though the right settings, mind set and thinking act as a key that unlocks an explosion of information and new perspective/understanding. But once it's run its course you can't just go back and recreate the experience like you could a normal thought.
The uniqueness of it is baffling to me. It sort of seems like the Archimedes "Eureka!" type moment, except instead of a bathtub over flowing (something external) triggering it, it's something specifically in the mind. And in both cases the "eureka" state is relative to the person and something they're very preoccupied with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmet - It obviously has an impact on the brain, some more unique or intense than others.
What I'm curious about is if the phenomenon is a product of the brain or something external? The helmet uses a weak but complex field and the results seem to be pretty random, and not something you can consistently reproduce.
My best guess is that it's produced by the individual on account of people (the sane and relatively credible ones) who seem to experience effects similar to the helmets, while not wearing it, experience them during times of stress or while actively trying to obtain the effect (meditation, deep concentration or usage of drugs... or mixtures), and the experience reported is relative to their situation. Like a religious person in extreme mental distress suddenly experiencing "god" while praying, and with that comfort. Or Tesla having some seemingly unnatural vision of a schematic, which was obviously relative to his work in general. You don't really read things like, "Homeless man has crystal clear vision of (insert scientific breakthrough)". :tongue2:
Though on the other end of the argument is the question of what else could cause something like what the helmet tries to recreate if not the brain itself? If it's some external force then it seems like it would have to be created by something intelligent which could create a field specific enough to your brains unique state and also your condition. By condition I mean some deep life changing epiphany relative to you and whatever is important to you in it at the time. Things like a spiritual experience during extreme depression giving someone renewed faith, scientific breakthroughs that are extraordinarily specific (like the Tesla example) or something which seems very vague to the individual at the time, but is so intense that it leaves a definitive impression on the person and becomes the cornerstone to a future invention or life improvement of some sort.
Personally, I lean toward it being a product of the first example as it makes the most sense (in my opinion). Though what is most interesting to me is how these occurrences just seem to happen at more or less perfect times. Like Tesla walking casually, probably thinking about magnetism and charge and all that, then suddenly his head "explodes" with such clear information and then goes back to normal. As though the right settings, mind set and thinking act as a key that unlocks an explosion of information and new perspective/understanding. But once it's run its course you can't just go back and recreate the experience like you could a normal thought.
The uniqueness of it is baffling to me. It sort of seems like the Archimedes "Eureka!" type moment, except instead of a bathtub over flowing (something external) triggering it, it's something specifically in the mind. And in both cases the "eureka" state is relative to the person and something they're very preoccupied with.