A Quantum field Theory of Mind

Speculation on the nature of consciousness from theoretical physicist, Fred Alan Wolf:

In brief, mind appears to be a tachyonic (faster-than-light) and therefore atemporal field embedded throughout spacetime, which came into existence along with matter starting with the big bang and continuing to present day, in what makes up the sought-for Higgs field in particle physics colliders today. Consequently, I offer my speculations, based in quantum physics, on what we may call acausality and its intimate link to mind...

http://www.neuroquantology.com/index.php/journal/article/view/456

False memories: The Mandela Effect

Left: Which version is real, and which is Photoshopped?

In 1978, a famous psychologist named Elizabeth Loftus conducted “The Misinformation Effect”, a study which found one’s recollection of memories can be distorted by subsequent information.

Loftus said: “The misinformation effect refers to the impairment in memory for the past that arises after exposure to misleading information.”

In other words, if someone says or implies that something looks a certain way, there’s a natural tendency to believe them if you’ve never paid close attention to it.

In some cases, the misleading information can actually overwrite one’s original memory, if it’s presented in a way that makes it seem more plausible...

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/wtf/the-mandela-effect

Why memory isn't reality (and how to use that to your advantage)

Neuroscience says you can rewire your memories for the better.

Most of us assume that what we remember is accurate. Events are recorded in our brains just as they happened and recalled each time in exactly the same way.

But what if memories don’t have an objective reality, but are instead something your brain automatically re-crafts to support your view of yourself and your life story?

It sounds far-fetched, but scientists are finding increasingly that memories are far more malleable than we imagine...

mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/why-memory-isnt-reality

When you die, do you wake up in the morning?

Robert Lanza, MD, on Biocentrism:

We scientists are only beginning to pierce the surface of reality.

Like the rest of humanity, we awake every morning in the present.

There are stairs below us that we appear to have climbed; there are stairs above us that go upward into the unknown future.

But our mind stands at the door by which we entered and gives us the memories by which we go about our day. Everything is ordered and predictable…

robertlanzabiocentrism.com/when-you-die-do-you-wake-up-in-the-morning

Imagination, memory, and a vital life force

A new scientific theory says we’re immortal and exist outside of time:

The idea of the soul is bound up with the idea of a future life and our belief in a continued existence after death.

It’s said to be the ultimate animating principle by which we think and feel, but isn’t dependent on the body. Many infer its existence without scientific analysis or reflection.

Indeed, the mysteries of birth and death, the play of consciousness during dreams (or after a few martinis), and even the commonest mental operations – such as imagination and memory – suggest the existence of a vital life force – an élan vital – that exists independent of the body...

beyondbiocentrism.com

The '90s called: they want their jargon back

Stop Calling It False Memory "Syndrome"

By Julia Shaw
Scientific American

I’m going to keep this public service announcement short because I don’t think this is complicated… although entire communities of lawyers, police, medical practitioners, and journalists seem to just not get it. Even Stephen Fry from one of my favorite nerdy TV shows, QI, got this wrong recently.

Here’s how it works; you just say “false memory”, without adding the “syndrome” part…

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/stop-calling-it-false-memory-syndrome

Jean La Fontaine: the Satanic Ritual Abuse panic

The British False Memory Society has just published an article by Professor Jean La Fontaine, who was commissioned some years ago by the UK Department of Health to undertake research into allegations of sexual abuse, torture and murder in the context of witchcraft and devil worship:

It is over 20 years since the rash of allegation that rituals of devil worship, including the sexual abuse of children, the sacrifice, and (sometimes) eating, of animals, children and even babies as well as other extreme acts of depravity were being conducted across the U.K.

In 1994 I reported to the Department of Health that in the 84 cases in England and Wales that were the basis of my research, I could find no supporting evidence for the existence of such a satanic cult....

http://bfms.org.uk/jean-la-fontaine-on-satanic-ritual-abuse-panic

Photo credits: bsix.ac.uk

'I Woke Up In The Future' – Transient Global Amnesia

Waking up in the throes of a sweaty nightmare, Naomi Jacobs whispered to herself that it had only been a dream. But the foreign tone of her voice sent her grabbing for her throat. Her speech was deep, as if it belonged to a grown-up.

Worse, sitting up in bed, she recognised nothing. Walls that should have been covered with teenaged decoration were dismal and grey. The curtains were different. Her Marilyn Monroe duvet cover was nowhere to be seen and her sister's bunk bed was missing.

 She stumbled down the foreign hallway and pushed open a bathroom door. When she saw her reflection in the mirror, her jaw dropped in horror.

"I grabbed my face and screamed, 'No! Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God ... I'm OLD!'"

Ms Jacobs was 32, but she had lost 17 years of her life to a rare amnesia. As far as she was concerned, she was 15.

I Woke Up In The Future is her account of forgetting almost two decades and getting a second chance to turn around a life wasted on addiction and regret...

theage.com.au/world/naomi-jacobs

Photographs missing in Carol Felstead case

10th June 2015. In the UK, the latest developments in a major case based upon Satanic Ritual Abuse mythology:

Today at the Royal Courts of Justice, in the Strand London, the 2nd pre-inquest into Carol’s death took place. The hearing went well under very difficult circumstances. There were some dramatic key moments during the pre-inquest: the Senior Coroner for Inner West London gave an update of the enquiries that are still currently ongoing; she also confirmed that all of the police photographs taken at the time of Carol’s death, as well as an alleged photograph that was used to identify Carol, are missing and cannot be found...

http://www.justiceforcarol.com/news/

Pensioner cleared of 'false memory' farm rape claims

 In the UK:

A pensioner has been cleared of raping a girl on a farm in the 1970s, after a jury were told the alleged victim may have been affected by false memory syndrome.

Roger Mennell, aged 67, has never been in trouble in his life but has spent two years fighting the allegations which the woman made during psychotherapy sessions...

exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Pensioner