PreCognitive Dissonance 2/22/07

This time around we talked a lot about the recent news of "Dolphin Defenders" reported in the Associated Press: "Navy May Deploy Anti-Terrorism Dolphins" and www.UFOdigest.com's article on the military's investigations of anomalous cognition and marine mammals. We flashed back to Post-Katrina 2005 news stories (from the UK's Observer and other sources) of "Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina" - a story which was later refuted by the Pentagon and during an interview with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: "Dispelling a myth of dangerous Navy dolphins". Yet, here we are again almost a year and a half later with a new report on militarily trained dolphins. We also talked about this news story "Research Turns Memory on Its Head" from Newswise.com about a new study to be published in the journal Psychological Science that seems to dispell the notion of "Repressed Memory". Well then, what the heck is amnesia caused by non-physical trauma? Enjoy this week's installment of PreCognitive Dissonance! Caption to photo: "In this March 18, 2003 photo made available by the U.S. Navy, K-Dog, a Bottle Nose Dolphin, leaps out of the water in front of Sgt. Andrew Garrett while training near the USS Gunston Hall in the Arabian Gulf. Attached to the dolphins pectoral fin is a pinger device that allows the handler to keep track of the dolphin when out of sight. The Navy said Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 it is reviving a proposal to send dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers on a mission to patrol a military base in Washington state." (AP Photo/Petty Officer First Class Brien Aho)