Not sure how FP feels about Vice documentaries of late but this one seems fairly good.
[video=youtube;62s3FinAoC0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62s3FinAoC0[/video]
While these people have been kicking around for ages (like those people who claimed to get radio through their fillings), it really shows the powerful confirmation-bias like effect the internet can have on these group of people. Somewhat feel sad for them, as it's led them to some pretty dangerous things[sp]like the guy that operated on himself to remove what he suspected were tracking devices[/sp], and they're unlikely to seek outside help when they have a community that helps sustain their paranoia.
Have psychologists been able to figure out what can cause this kind of life style?
[QUOTE=Paincake;52271231]Have psychologists been able to figure out what can cause this kind of life style?[/QUOTE]
Schizophrenic tendencies.
Most develop full blown schizophrenia in their late 30s or 40s.
[QUOTE=27X;52271248]Schizophrenic tendencies.
Most develop full blown schizophrenia in their late 30s or 40s.[/QUOTE]
I'd go crazy too if the government was watching my every move. :tinfoil:
I don't think targeted individuals for some kind of testing is completely out of the realm of reality, given what governments have done in the past and our current technological capabilities.
Most are probably schizophrenic or something, but i'd believe it if there were a few real cases.
[QUOTE=Zombinie;52271518]I don't think targeted individuals for some kind of testing is completely out of the realm of reality, given what governments have done in the past and our current technological capabilities.
Most are probably schizophrenic or something, but i'd believe it if there were a few real cases.[/QUOTE]
closest thing that I can think of is MKUltra or that one really really shitty syphilis study
[QUOTE=Zombinie;52271518]I don't think targeted individuals for some kind of testing is completely out of the realm of reality, given what governments have done in the past and our current technological capabilities.
Most are probably schizophrenic or something, but i'd believe it if there were a few real cases.[/QUOTE]
What reason would the government really have to fuck with specific, individual, generally nondescript people? There have been things like the epidemiology studies, and even large scale projects involving people either recruited or generally coerced (see: the syphilis trials), but what would they possibly gain from devoting such resources to [b]a single guy[/b]? Even if they had some reason to suspect, say, a certain lifestyle or demographic, surely the one in question isn't as rare as one individual, or even a handful, in an area that's majority this-age or this-race.
It just seems hideously impractical.
[QUOTE=Vitisus;52271611]What reason would the government really have to fuck with specific, individual, generally nondescript people? There have been things like the epidemiology studies, and even large scale projects involving people either recruited or generally coerced (see: the syphilis trials), but what would they possibly gain from devoting such resources to [B]a single guy[/B]? Even if they had some reason to suspect, say, a certain lifestyle or demographic, surely the one in question isn't as rare as one individual, or even a handful, in an area that's majority this-age or this-race.
It just seems hideously impractical.[/QUOTE]
I was thinking more along the lines of testing the devices on unsuspecting people and testing the capabilities. And you couldn't very well test these kinds of things if the participants were willing and informed. I could absolutely see this being done in the name of "developing devices to improve national security and safety" or something like that. I really wouldn't put it past the government.
[QUOTE=Zombinie;52271518]I don't think targeted individuals for some kind of testing is completely out of the realm of reality, given what governments have done in the past and our current technological capabilities.
Most are probably schizophrenic or something, but i'd believe it if there were a few real cases.[/QUOTE]
The government's too disorganized to do anything [I]too[/I] crazy and not get caught.
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