When you can’t discern truth from lies…

I don’t get much view or comment traffic on my older videos, but it’s steadily grown since VPN took off.

Then a new comment appeared:

You have an em field as do the planets and stars and the moment you are born there is an imprint on your field from them.

These fields are interacting all the time.

This is why astrology works.

Before even getting into questions like these I highly recommend you understand the true nature of our human existence's reality as being illusory.

Love and blessings!

Ok. It’s hard to know what to do with something like that. For me, anyway. Another commented stepped in and posted:

How does this "imprint" work exactly? For all intents and purposes, you exist in this world for many months prior to birth. The only difference is that you are contained within another human. However, human flesh and organs do not shield against EM fields. So why would this mysterious electromagnetic imprint only affect a body once it is exposed to air? In a hospital setting, there are endless sources of more powerful electromagnetic radiation that you encounter than distant planets.

…to which the original commenter repied:

I don't have all the answers buddy I'm sorry but great questions you got there, if too literal. This place is mystical, meta physical and mysterious beyond comprehension. Our experience here is but a sliver of the totality. Check out the vibes of cosmos channel you might find that intriguing.

At this point, I felt just fine interjecting:

Except, I don't find this place to be mystical, meta physical, or mysterious beyond comprehension. I felt that way when I was a kid, but not now.

The main difference is education replacing the magic of the gaps.

We now have knowledge of, and models for, most of the universe - from the subatomic scale, to the interstellar scale. We also have a pretty good (and durable) understanding of the universe from almost t=0.

As far as electromagnetic fields go, we REALLY understand how they work - dating back to at least Maxxwell. They don't work how you think they work. Or at the very least, the understanding that science has of them is so good, with such a massive degree of predictive power, that you'd need to provide a BETTER MODEL, if you're making conflicting claims... you know, one that explains the world we actually live in (like the current model does), AND supports your supernatural claims.

The reply?

barbara ann brenan's book hands of light. A nasa physicicst and energy healer. Its baffling how you say you found no credible evidence to science that lies outside the modern cult of sciences comfort zone. Can only think you are deeply uncomfortable with certain truths, biased and ignoring factual data where it suits your preconceptions. Denying and refuting credible proof is something ive seen "science" proponents do time and time again. Wish you the best, truly.

Le sigh. Reply:

I'm familiar with the book - a coworker gave me a copy in the early 2000s. She speaks of auras, auric fields, and subtle layers of energy. Neither she, nor anyone else since, has been able to demonstrate their existence, or explain how they are simultaneously undetectable, but still interact with everything, everywhere. On that point, I go back to my model statement from earlier.

I'm not uncomfortable with "certain truths"... there's just nothing to establish that they are "truths" in the first place. There are some case studies in the book, based on subjective experiences and intuitive perceptions. Subjective experiences are prone to bias, placebo effects, and perception errors. That's the reason why in scientific study, studies are set up to reduce those elements as much as possible. There is no more scientific rigor there than anyone else that has made up unverifiable claims.

If I were to tell you I could heal people with my hands, would you believe me? What if I wrote a book about it?

Books like hers offer the opportunity for spiritual or personal growth. People can find value wherever they want. That said, there are plenty of forums, blogs, and Goodreads reviews, you can find individuals saying they felt no effect after energy healing sessions, even after paying high fees.

Others describe partial benefit (“I felt relaxed, but my illness didn’t change”) or disappointment when they expected physical cures. I think it's safe to say that most people expect healing to, you know... HEAL.

Brennan's response to her paying clients not getting what they paid for? The client was not “ready” for change. The healing working on a “subtle level” that might not yet be visible. The illness is serving some “spiritual purpose.”

In this framing, a client never truly “fails to be healed”; it just hasn’t manifested yet, or healing is happening in unseen ways. This is what a narcissist or fraud would say.

I'm still waiting for credible proof, as the book meets no standard of proof that we would accept for literally anything else. Conversely, there are plenty of studies that have tried to validate or invalidate spiritual sensing or healing claims. Rosa, Astin, Trivedi - the list goes on and on.

The book is popular, but it isn't TRUE. The standard of proof hasn't been met, even in the slightest, despite decades of people trying. And that's ok... not everything that brings people comfort needs to be true.

What would the reply be? A point-by-point rebuttal? Citations? An attack on the logical construction of my arguments? No:

i get it, you want bulletproof evidence presented to you that you can in no way refute nor explain away beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Despite there being multitudes of extremely smart people that hold this to be the truth, not a belief. Some of the progenitors of science themselves, tesla included.

Thats a task and im certain you'll end up on the losing side but thats for another time.

Just a simple yes or no question though, do you believe that there is sufficient evidence by now proving that the shots forced on us a few years ago were harmful / have caused the expiry of millions?

In my life, I spend part of my time interacting with extremely high capability individuals, personally and professionally. I spend more time dealing with people on the other side of the curve. People that operate with information, but not knowledge. People that are schematically unable to distinguish between things that are true and false. People that have the utmost confidence to say almost anything, while knowing almost nothing.

I’ve referenced Mt. Stupid before, and it’s a place that I’ve stood in embarrassment multiple times. You know what’s worse? Not knowing that you’re there… and not understanding when you should be embarrassed.

Here’s what I expect will be my last reply:

Bulletproof? What a weird strawman. I said ANY evidence. ANY evidence would be a good start. Anecdotes aren't evidence. Also, you're not really engaging with anything I wrote about the book you mentioned.

As far as "smart" people holding a belief somehow making a belief true, that's just absurd. The smartest people didn't understand the shape of the earth, heliocentrism, or virtually any modern understanding of biology, chemistry, physics, etc... you know, until they did.

Your certitude that I'll end up on a "losing side" kind of gives the game away. All it would take for me to change my position would be evidence invalidating my position. Is there anything you could be presented with that would change your position? No? Which of those stances is rational?

As for your yes/no question, I get it... you're an anti-vaxer. Not surprising. You didn't really ask a SINGLE question, so I'll answer what you wrote as I see fit:

1. Shots? I assume you're referring to the COVID vaccines that saved 3.2 million lives, and prevented 17 million hospitalizations (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/impact-us-covid-19-vaccination-efforts-march-update)

2. Were shots forced on people? No. They were elective. As with most things that affect public health, there could be consequences for electing to not get vaccinated. Still, not forced. If you want to change the definition of "forced", just understand that's not how language works.

3. Were the COVID vaccines harmful. Yes. The rhetorical trick of requesting an answer without nuance is intellectually dishonest, though. The answer is "yes", for the DOZENS of people that died from TTS, myocarditis, and pericarditis. For them, the vaccines were harmful, and the consequences were tragic. For the other 270 MILLION Americans that took at least one dose? No. Also, it's estimated that 5000-10000 people die from NSAIDs every year, so while it's tragic that ANYONE would die from medications, COVID vaccines are far less harmful than almost all pharmaceuticals you can put in your body.

4. Did COVID vaccines kill millions? No. Scrutinize your sources - the only people saying this are idiots and grifters that are inverting reality. The claim can't even withstand the most superficial examination. If you can't tell the difference between what RFK Jr., Peter McCullough, Joseph Mercola, Sherri Tenpenny, and Steve Kirsch say, and reality, YOU'RE the mark. Guess how many Americans died of cancer last year? About 620,000. But vaccines killed, what, at least 1% of all Americans? Lol. Millions of people are still taking the vaccines... why aren't they dying? Weird, no?

I had to take a lot of science and math for my profession. Many of my former classmates TOOK EVEN MORE, and went on to be scientists and researchers. I've worked with plenty more professionally. They're not rich or in some big conspiracy - they're largely independent in what they do, and how they report their findings.

Look, people can have whatever opinions and positions they want - no matter how unsupported or disproven they are, just don't expect people to not call it out.

The sad thing is that I put energy into that exchange. My replies won’t change anything. The most I can hope is that their magical, anti-knowledge stance won’t hurt or kill them, or anyone else. If the goal of a standardized education system is that everyone should be equipped, as an adult, with a least common denominator set of knowledge that should inoculate everyone from being an ignorant fool, it’s clearly not working.

Depressing.