Some early research has speculated that certain humans are more predisposed to ’The Strange.’ Join MJ and Dr. Garry Nolan of Stanford University as they discuss Nolan's genetic research, his interest in anomalous phenomena, and how science, Forteana, UFOs, and the paranormal may coexist in one complex (metaphysical system. Pull up a chair. Grab a drink. Tip your server. Welcome to Cafe Obscura. )
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Dr. Garry Nolan is the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has published over 220 research articles and is the holder of 20 US patents, and has been honored as one of the top 25 inventors at Stanford University.
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This interview is from April this year (2019), but the content in the interview is timeless. Some parts of the content are also thought-provoking and raise some complex ethical questions. Therefore, I highly recommend you to listen to the whole interview when you have ample time and feel sharp in your mind. I can even recommend you to pause the video and reflect for some minutes when you feel that Dr Gary P. Nolan is saying something important or raises a question.
I will not say more about the content. What I will do is to give you a rough map of what is being covered and when in the interview. Do not take my notes or map as an exhaustive summarization of all the interesting and useful information that Dr Nolan shares during the interview.
If you never have watched and listened to this interview before, then you should watch it from start to end. If you have watched and listened to it before and are searching for some specific content or statement, my notes below might assist your memory.
So, below is my overview, that roughly describes what is being covered during which time-interval: I note only the starting point when the interview transitions from one subject, a question to another.
Concerning the different segments of the interview, I use keywords, phrases, or brief descriptions of what is being covered, which will hopefully help get an overview of the interview and find specific content in the interview. Those keywords and descriptions are also likely to reflect my opinion on what is important and interesting. So, to be sure not to miss anything you will find important and interesting, watch and listen to the whole interview.
Around the 24 minute mark: Can injuries on the caudate-putamen be one cause of, for example, schizophrenia and autism? My interpretation; perhaps one cause of psychosis is that some, not all, individuals with schizophrenia are psychic, but the damage on their caudate-putamen "scrabble", or distort, the incoming information from, again, where? What signal? Where does it come from? How does the brain interpret the incoming stimuli, and how does it make useful meaning of it?
Around the 27 minute mark: Does everyone have this ability (connected to caudate-putamen)? The mind is architecture. Implies biology and genetics. Some have more of it than others, just like with any other ability (music, sports, etc.). This leads to a complex, sensitive ethical question about inequality and social stratification.
Around the 37 minute mark: Do highly creative people access some "other realm" - like shamans - with the help of their more developed caudate-putamen? A similar discussion earlier in the interview, somewhere around the 22-minute mark, with the example of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Around 41:30 minute mark: Dr Nolan's and Jacques Vallée´s studies on "meta materials." Neither Dr Nolan nor Vallée thinks that "meta materials" are the right vocabulary. Simply put, these materials are "strange fragments of something" (my wording) that we as yet do not understand what they are, how they are manufactured, or what their purpose is. Why this specific composition of isotopic ratios?
Around the 48 minute mark: Aforementioned questions are mainly discussed here; for what purpose, etc.? Dr Nolan describes what makes these "strange fragment of material" (my wording) different from known and human-made meta materials. What is possible to do with these unknown isotopic ratios, structure, etc.? Need help to answer some of those questions from outside, independent experts in relevant domains.
Around the 56 minute mark: Dr Nolan expresses his purpose and goal with everything he does in his career: to make useful things that can benefit people. He says that the ufo community should stop wasting time on "beefs" between individuals and instead ask, "how can I contribute to the ufo research?" (I am paraphrasing).
Around the 1:11:00 minute mark: Ufology as a philosophical endeavour or ideology. About meaning, making sense of the phenomena and the world at large. We are trying to find the right words or explanations for what we call reality. Dr Nolan briefly says something about disclosure, but his emphasis is on "do not wait for someone to give you permission to believe in something." "You know what you know."
Around the 1:18:00 minute mark: Peer-reviewed papers coming soon? Dr Nolan says it would be a capstone to Jacques Vallée´s and Kit Greene's long careers.
Enjoy and take care!
/Janne
Overview of the content covered in the interview.
Starting around the 4:00 minute mark:
Heterogeneity of cancer and its similarities with the UFO phenomena ("the phenomena"). Variability in experiences. "The absurd" (Jacques Vallée´s idea) seems related to the phenomena. There is an underlying pattern, and it is up to us to discern the meaning.
Around the 11:00 minute mark: Dr Nolan's and "Kit" Green's studies on the caudate-putamen and experiencers. Processing centre for sensory input/stimuli. Higher-order decisions. Intuition? Creativity? Related to remote viewing? From where does the information that intuition and creative ideas are based come from? Pull the data from where? What kind of underlying neurological processes? Hypothesis - nothing is proven.
Around the 24 minute mark: Can injuries on the caudate-putamen be one cause of, for example, schizophrenia and autism? My interpretation; perhaps one cause of psychosis is that some, not all, individuals with schizophrenia are psychic, but the damage on their caudate-putamen "scrabble", or distort, the incoming information from, again, where? What signal? Where does it come from? How does the brain interpret the incoming stimuli, and how does it make useful meaning of it?
Around the 27 minute mark: Does everyone have this ability (connected to caudate-putamen)? The mind is architecture. Implies biology and genetics. Some have more of it than others, just like with any other ability (music, sports, etc.). This leads to a complex, sensitive ethical question about inequality and social stratification.
Around the 37 minute mark: Do highly creative people access some "other realm" - like shamans - with the help of their more developed caudate-putamen? A similar discussion earlier in the interview, somewhere around the 22-minute mark, with the example of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Around 41:30 minute mark: Dr Nolan's and Jacques Vallée´s studies on "meta materials." Neither Dr Nolan nor Vallée thinks that "meta materials" are the right vocabulary. Simply put, these materials are "strange fragments of something" (my wording) that we as yet do not understand what they are, how they are manufactured, or what their purpose is. Why this specific composition of isotopic ratios?
Around the 48 minute mark: Aforementioned questions are mainly discussed here; for what purpose, etc.? Dr Nolan describes what makes these "strange fragment of material" (my wording) different from known and human-made meta materials. What is possible to do with these unknown isotopic ratios, structure, etc.? Need help to answer some of those questions from outside, independent experts in relevant domains.
Around the 56 minute mark: Dr Nolan expresses his purpose and goal with everything he does in his career: to make useful things that can benefit people. He says that the ufo community should stop wasting time on "beefs" between individuals and instead ask, "how can I contribute to the ufo research?" (I am paraphrasing).
Around the 1:11:00 minute mark: Ufology as a philosophical endeavour or ideology. About meaning, making sense of the phenomena and the world at large. We are trying to find the right words or explanations for what we call reality. Dr Nolan briefly says something about disclosure, but his emphasis is on "do not wait for someone to give you permission to believe in something." "You know what you know."
Around the 1:18:00 minute mark: Peer-reviewed papers coming soon? Dr Nolan says it would be a capstone to Jacques Vallée´s and Kit Greene's long careers.
Enjoy and take care!
/Janne
3 comments:
WOW. Amazing write up. Thanks so much for this. As an Immunologist, Dr. Noland is some what of a science hero of mine and to learn more about his interest in Fortean research is quite incredible.
Wow awesome write up. Thanks so much for this.
Thank you for your feedback, Alex! Yes, it's cool and vital that we have scientists of Dr Nolan's caliber doing research on this topic. I hope you can find this interview with Dr Nolan somewhere else. Cheers! /Janne
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