Ep 549 – Dr. Weird Science and the Woonderful Woorld of Woo

Glenn Ostlund's Psychology Today ProfileOnce upon a time, a Mormon scientist worked at the Pentagon. They nicknamed him Dr. Weird Science. He was later stationed in Japan for the US Air Force, where he investigated and invested in the most cutting edge scientific research in Asia. He listened to a recent episode of Infants on Thrones. He has a thing or two to say about the line between science and woo. He is Dave Sonntag, and today he and Chelsea Shields join Glenn to talk a little more about the Mormon (and post-Mormon) cultural attraction towards woo. Link Bomb for nearly every reference we dropped: Anne Jacobsen, Phenomena: https://www.amazon.com/Phenomena-Governments-Investigations-Extrasensory-Psychokinesis/dp/0316349364 Men Who Stare at Goats (IMDB): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234548/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 CIA Reading Room Stargate: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/collection/stargate Google Quantum Biology Workshop: https://aoardlifesci.wordpress.com Johnjoe McFadden, Quantum Evolution: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Evolution-Weirdest-Paperback-2002-05-17 Not mentioned, more recent: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Edge-Quantum-McFadden-2015-07-28/dp/B01LP8VESM/ Herb Froehlich: https://publishing.aip.org/publishing/journal-highlights/quantum-coherent-state-observed-biological-protein-first-time, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Fr%C3%B6hlich Stuart Hameroff, Anirban, and microtubules. http://discovermagazine.com/bonus/quantum Penrose, Emperor’s New Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Emperors-New-Mind-Concerning-Computers/dp/0198784929 Penrose Institute: https://penroseinstitute.com/ Stuart Hameroff: Science of Consciousness Conference: http://consciousness.arizona.edu Lieberman, Social: https://www.amazon.com/Matthew-D-Lieberman-Social-Hardcover/dp/B07DFDL998 Bob Rees, Heartmath Institute, coherent group changes: https://www.heartmath.org/research/featured-research/ Irwin Schroedinger, What Is Life: http://www.whatislife.ie/downloads/What-is-Life.pdf Rosalind Franklin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin Grid Cells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_cell Kirschvink and Radiobio: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/10/20/448449 Luca Turin’s Google Workshop talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HteQf2fqrWc David Eagleman, Neo-Sensory Lab Stanford https://www.eagleman.com/blog/umwelt Noisebridge: Haptic magnetic sense anklet. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Compass_Vibro_Anklet Edgar Mitchell, IONS: https://noetic.org/ Dean Radin: http://www.deanradin.com/NewWeb/activities.html Real Magic book link: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Magic-Ancient-Science-Universe/dp/1524758825 Richard Poll, “What the Church Means to People Like Me.” (Liahona vs Iron-Rodders) https://mormondiscussionpodcast.org/2014/06/richard-poll-iron-rodders-and-liahonas/ Richard Nisbett, Geography of Thought: https://www.amazon.com/Geography-Thought-Asians-Westerners-Differently/dp/0743255356 Marc Prensky, https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Digital-Natives-Partnering-Learning-ebook/dp/B07C6MV5CC Stuart Kauffman, Reinventing the Sacred: https://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Sacred-Science-Reason-Religion/dp/0465003001 Mormon Transhumanist Association: http://transfigurism.org OS-Fund, Bryan Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Johnson_(entrepreneur) https://medium.com/@rhettrites/braintree-founder-opposes-mormonism-in-arena-of-faithful-mormonism-a377bedc2952 P.W. Singer: Wired for War, Excerpts: http://dcsonntag.org/Wired4War-Sonntag-Excerpt.pdf LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media: https://www.amazon.com/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer-ebook/dp/B0795FB3ZY