Mia and I are going to see the uconn CORPSE FLOWER tomorrow (tuesday) - Page 5

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:32 PM

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/st...toryid=1561944

Prickly feeling makes sense
By ANIL DAWARin London

July 2, 2004

IF you have ever felt that someone is watching you, sending prickles up your neck, it might not have been just your imagination.

Scientists have found evidence to suggest we do have a sixth sense and can tell when we are being watched, even through CCTV.

This shows humans could have paranormal powers, say researchers at Germany's Freiberg University.

Dr Stefan Schmidt and his team carried out two experiments a thousand times and believe they have finally proved the reality of the sixth sense.

The first, called "remote staring", consisted of a volunteer in a sealed room watching a second volunteer in another room via CCTV.

The second volunteer was hooked up to electrodes which recorded the "prickle" or electrical activity of the skin. This was compared when the volunteer was or was not being watched.

In the second experiment, called "direct mental interaction", the first volunteer concentrated on making the second feel uncomfortable or relaxed from within the sealed cell.

The German team used a complex statistical scale to grade the studies according to reliability and paranormal effect recorded.

In other experiments, the starer tried to make the other feel either uncomfortable or relaxed. Again, the electronic monitor proved repeatedly that it could be done.

In the British Journal of Psychology, Dr Schmidt noted that the data was ambiguous but found that "for both data sets there is a small but significant effect".

While the findings will please believers in the paranormal, they are not enough to convince the sceptics.

Psychology professor Richard Wiseman, of Hertfordshire University, said: "The number of times you turn around and find someone not looking at you far outnumber the times when you do but you only remember the times you turned round to see someone looking."

Back in the 1960s Czech psychologist Milan Ryzl did a series of experiments with two supposedly telepathic people who were many kilometres apart.

The "sender" was asked to try to make the "receiver" feel uncomfortable by imagining that he had been buried alive, and succeeded in inducing a crippling attack of asthma.

Mr Ryzl was inspired by a colleague, Stepan Figar, who had proved that when one person concentrates on another, it can actually cause a measurable rise in blood pressure.

Firedwarf · July 6th, 2004, 02:32 PM

THEY'RE LETTING SOME OTHER GUY GUY TOUCH IT

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:33 PM

what the fuck is he doing? did mia ask him for a sample, and he complied?

lizard · July 6th, 2004, 02:33 PM

he just stepped away!
pounce, with jaws agape!

lizard · July 6th, 2004, 02:34 PM

shit he's back. moron.

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:35 PM

GO! POUNCE! DISTRACTION!

Firedwarf · July 6th, 2004, 02:36 PM

Where are they

??

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:37 PM

hi i'm watching the corpseflower and picking my butt

lizard · July 6th, 2004, 02:37 PM

man I must be a loser of the first order because this is the most suspense I've had in...months!

chupe666 · July 6th, 2004, 02:38 PM

i know what you mean lizard

lizard · July 6th, 2004, 02:39 PM

haha
hey I think they must have left

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:40 PM

maybe they nabbed a piece while we were refreshing, and then left?

i'll call Mia's cellphone after i get this work stuff done.

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:43 PM

I just went to the bathroom, and then ran back down the long hallway here past a series of open offices, pulling a Mr. Rooney.

Nut Butter · July 6th, 2004, 02:43 PM

Is it just me or has the flower opened up a bit since this morning?

deadair · July 6th, 2004, 02:44 PM

...this is the greatest thread ever...

i hoppe they did it.

Baliset · July 6th, 2004, 02:45 PM

i thought i saw mia's face peeking out from behind the plant but i could have been mistaken. but then i refreshed it and the face was gone!

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:46 PM

maybe they went to grab a snack and come back when it was less crowded.

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:47 PM

butt nutter--totally! i was thinking that myself but wondering if it was wishful thinking.

Firedwarf · July 6th, 2004, 02:50 PM

I think it's definitely opened up a bit since this morning. The growth page thing says today might finally be the day it blooms.

Also how much trouble can you get in for pulling the fire alarm?

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 02:52 PM

OK i just talked to toby! he said that since it started to bloom, they adopted extended hours and they're going to come back at midnight! right now, there are TWO guards and a BARRIER (including Baldie aka PAUL NEILL who is a total dick!).

also the NY Times took their picture and names and they should be in it tomorrow!

NAD · July 6th, 2004, 02:53 PM

RSBG GONE!!! He probably just stepped 3 feet away out of the camera's view though, he can't get enough.

Firedwarf · July 6th, 2004, 02:54 PM

They should totally pull the fire alarm at midnight.

Nut Butter · July 6th, 2004, 03:00 PM

Wow! This is like a real live "To be continued..."!!

Nut Butter · July 6th, 2004, 03:03 PM

btw HATE Paul Neill. That's such an asshole name!

minxnim · July 6th, 2004, 03:27 PM

so why don't they just eat part of a purple velvet plant? i have one at my house. the flowers smell stronger than the corpse flower...

July 6th, 2004, 02:32 PM	#101 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/st...toryid=1561944 Prickly feeling makes sense By ANIL DAWARin London July 2, 2004 IF you have ever felt that someone is watching you, sending prickles up your neck, it might not have been just your imagination. Scientists have found evidence to suggest we do have a sixth sense and can tell when we are being watched, even through CCTV. This shows humans could have paranormal powers, say researchers at Germany's Freiberg University. Dr Stefan Schmidt and his team carried out two experiments a thousand times and believe they have finally proved the reality of the sixth sense. The first, called "remote staring", consisted of a volunteer in a sealed room watching a second volunteer in another room via CCTV. The second volunteer was hooked up to electrodes which recorded the "prickle" or electrical activity of the skin. This was compared when the volunteer was or was not being watched. In the second experiment, called "direct mental interaction", the first volunteer concentrated on making the second feel uncomfortable or relaxed from within the sealed cell. The German team used a complex statistical scale to grade the studies according to reliability and paranormal effect recorded. In other experiments, the starer tried to make the other feel either uncomfortable or relaxed. Again, the electronic monitor proved repeatedly that it could be done. In the British Journal of Psychology, Dr Schmidt noted that the data was ambiguous but found that "for both data sets there is a small but significant effect". While the findings will please believers in the paranormal, they are not enough to convince the sceptics. Psychology professor Richard Wiseman, of Hertfordshire University, said: "The number of times you turn around and find someone not looking at you far outnumber the times when you do but you only remember the times you turned round to see someone looking." Back in the 1960s Czech psychologist Milan Ryzl did a series of experiments with two supposedly telepathic people who were many kilometres apart. The "sender" was asked to try to make the "receiver" feel uncomfortable by imagining that he had been buried alive, and succeeded in inducing a crippling attack of asthma. Mr Ryzl was inspired by a colleague, Stepan Figar, who had proved that when one person concentrates on another, it can actually cause a measurable rise in blood pressure. __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:33 PM	#103 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	what the fuck is he doing? did mia ask him for a sample, and he complied? __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:33 PM	#104 (permalink)
lizard Pheremones of Hate Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hotel Hitler ~ Where We Have Ways of Making You Enjoy Your Stay Posts: 23,325	he just stepped away! pounce, with jaws agape! __________________ [URL="http://www.sonofscience.com/"][IMG]http://www.sonofscience.com/tags/tag.gif[/IMG][/URL]

July 6th, 2004, 02:34 PM	#105 (permalink)
lizard Pheremones of Hate Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hotel Hitler ~ Where We Have Ways of Making You Enjoy Your Stay Posts: 23,325	shit he's back. moron. __________________ [URL="http://www.sonofscience.com/"][IMG]http://www.sonofscience.com/tags/tag.gif[/IMG][/URL]

July 6th, 2004, 02:35 PM	#106 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	GO! POUNCE! DISTRACTION! __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:32 PM	#102 (permalink)
Firedwarf sock puppet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,349	THEY'RE LETTING SOME OTHER GUY GUY TOUCH IT

July 6th, 2004, 02:36 PM	#107 (permalink)
Firedwarf sock puppet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,349	Where are they ??

July 6th, 2004, 02:37 PM	#108 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	hi i'm watching the corpseflower and picking my butt __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:37 PM	#109 (permalink)
lizard Pheremones of Hate Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hotel Hitler ~ Where We Have Ways of Making You Enjoy Your Stay Posts: 23,325	man I must be a loser of the first order because this is the most suspense I've had in...months! __________________ [URL="http://www.sonofscience.com/"][IMG]http://www.sonofscience.com/tags/tag.gif[/IMG][/URL]

July 6th, 2004, 02:39 PM	#111 (permalink)
lizard Pheremones of Hate Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hotel Hitler ~ Where We Have Ways of Making You Enjoy Your Stay Posts: 23,325	haha hey I think they must have left __________________ [URL="http://www.sonofscience.com/"][IMG]http://www.sonofscience.com/tags/tag.gif[/IMG][/URL]

July 6th, 2004, 02:40 PM	#112 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	maybe they nabbed a piece while we were refreshing, and then left? i'll call Mia's cellphone after i get this work stuff done. __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:43 PM	#113 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	I just went to the bathroom, and then ran back down the long hallway here past a series of open offices, pulling a Mr. Rooney. __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:43 PM	#114 (permalink)
Nut Butter QTΠ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chocolateland Posts: 986	Is it just me or has the flower opened up a bit since this morning?

July 6th, 2004, 02:44 PM	#115 (permalink)
deadair Overly-Cryptic Jake Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: the place of next Hamiltons Posts: 7,928	...this is the greatest thread ever... i hoppe they did it. __________________ How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different the saints - C.S. Lewis

July 6th, 2004, 02:46 PM	#117 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	maybe they went to grab a snack and come back when it was less crowded. __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:47 PM	#118 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	butt nutter--totally! i was thinking that myself but wondering if it was wishful thinking. __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:50 PM	#119 (permalink)
Firedwarf sock puppet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,349	I think it's definitely opened up a bit since this morning. The growth page thing says today might finally be the day it blooms. Also how much trouble can you get in for pulling the fire alarm?

July 6th, 2004, 02:52 PM	#120 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	OK i just talked to toby! he said that since it started to bloom, they adopted extended hours and they're going to come back at midnight! right now, there are TWO guards and a BARRIER (including Baldie aka PAUL NEILL who is a total dick!). also the NY Times took their picture and names and they should be in it tomorrow! __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 02:54 PM	#122 (permalink)
Firedwarf sock puppet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,349	They should totally pull the fire alarm at midnight.

July 6th, 2004, 03:00 PM	#123 (permalink)
Nut Butter QTΠ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chocolateland Posts: 986	Wow! This is like a real live "To be continued..."!!

July 6th, 2004, 03:03 PM	#124 (permalink)
Nut Butter QTΠ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chocolateland Posts: 986	btw HATE Paul Neill. That's such an asshole name!

July 6th, 2004, 03:27 PM	#125 (permalink)
minxnim meow Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,908	so why don't they just eat part of a purple velvet plant? i have one at my house. the flowers smell stronger than the corpse flower... __________________