Posted by Yoder on February 6, 2010, at 16:25:01
In reply to Re: Clicking the Amygdala?!?!?, posted by Neil Slade on March 8, 2008, at 9:47:16
This is all so much mumbo-jumbo. None of this has been substantiated, and all of the so called "Research Reports" were fabricated...how do I know? I was there.
The various Research Reports were fabricated by TD Lingo in an attempt to sell the science community on what he was doing...running an outdoor camp that promised "natural consciousness expansion." All of the "case studies" are also fabrications. I was associated with Lingo in some capacity or another for over 20 years. I met him in 1972. Some of the techniques he used, ie, self-therapy, were interesting and had their merits, but they died when Lingo died.
"Amygdala clicking" and "multiple orgasms" were gimmicks that Lingo would use to interest people in his work, and when they bit he would work tirelessly to close the deal...the deal being attending his summer camp. I know this because he appointed me the "head of marketing" for awhile...I was an abysmal failure by my own admission.
As stated, Art Bell is not science. Bell is to science, what Glen Beck is to politics. Slade also is not a scientist, but a music teacher by training. I have read some of his "science" writings and they lack the discipline required in scientific research, there are never any control groups, and they are replete with cliches and non-sequiturs. Many of the papers he throws out are merely rewrites of Lingo's work. You must realize that it was all done for marketing a wilderness program, that was trying to capitalize upon the consciousness expansion interests of the 60/70's. I will say that Lingo did have some validity with his self-therapy techniques, but for some reason Slade ignores this in his body of work.
Slade calls Lingo a "behaviorist." Lingo was a chemist by training, and formed his own and often refuted behavioral theories by reading "Psychology Today." He never did any research in the field of psychology.
Slade makes reference to Eccles above. This lecture was attended by TD Lingo, and Lingo is the one who took the notes. There is no evidence that Eccles said what Lingo/Slade say he said. I know that Lingo would often ask loaded questions, and then twist the response to match his needs. It would be more appropriate to say that Lingo wrote what he thought he heard or wanted to hear, and Slade merely passes it along. Lingo based the majority of his claims on a book by Woolridge, "The Machinery of the Brain" and "Psychology Today." I actually turned Lingo on to a lot of neurology since that is what I studied as an undergrad in the 70's. Lingo accepted what fit his theory, and rejected what did not. More importantly, the scientific community rejected ever paper that he ever submitted.
Cloud dissolving ...where is the science? As mentioned above, much of what he describes can be described with simple science and meteorological mechanisms. (I am a mathematician/scientist by training...BS and MS)
The bottom line is that if you really need some self-help, then go to a reputable organization such as the Self Realization Fellowship or a psychologist. If you want to see clouds disappear or form, then lay on your back and watch them do their natural thing. If you want miracles, then join the Catholic Church or ingest some Peyote. Just make sure you use common sense in all of your dealings.
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