Anonymous ID: 735cac Dec. 27, 2018, 5:53 a.m. No.4484923   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4947

There is an obsession to say that everything is made out of something.

 

Who knows where it started? With the Egyptian pyramid builders? The Sumerians?

 

In the modern era, the fervor has reached a high point.

 

Physicists, biologists, and chemists are relentless in their pursuit of consciousness as a function of the brain. It has to be the brain. All those synapses and neurons and chemicals…and underneath them, the atoms and the sub-atomic particles…somehow these tiny particles conspire to produce consciousness and awareness.

 

Yet these same scientists deny that a sub-atomic particle carries any trace of awareness. The particles flow. They obey laws. That’s all.

 

So the experts are painted into a corner. They then speculate: “Well, you see, the increased ability to process information, the complexity of structure—naturally, this implies consciousness.”

 

No it doesn’t.

 

A Ferrari is complex. So is the Empire State Building. So is the IBM’s best computer. And? Where is the consciousness?

 

You, sitting there right now, reading these words—you understand the words; you KNOW you’re reading them; you’re not just processing information. YOU ARE CONSCIOUS.

 

If a physicist wants to say that you, knowing you’re reading, are just a phenomenon of atoms in motion, let him try, let him explain. Let him do more than bloviate.

 

Imagine you were the chief of a CIA section called Consciousness Covert Ops. What would you try to do, given that your motive, as always, is control?

 

You would try to convince the population that consciousness isn’t free and wide-ranging and powerful and independent. You would try to narrow the popular belief about consciousness.

 

What better way than to focus on the brain as the seat of all awareness?

 

“The brain functions according to laws. We’re discovering more and more about those laws. We can determine when the brain is malfunctioning. We’re learning how to correct those malfunctions.”

 

Indeed.

 

You’re spinning narrative about the brain as if it were a car that has to visit the shop. That’s what you want. You want to make people believe their brains need fixes, because, after all, you come out of the long tradition of CIA MKULTRA mind control.

 

When the brain comes into the shop, you can try to reprogram it. You can experiment. You can apply the latest technology. You can attempt to insert controls. You can place monitors in the brain, in order to observe it in real time.

 

At a more basic, yes, philosophic level, you want to eliminate any sort of movement claiming that consciousness is separate from the brain. You want to snuff that idea out. It’s counter-productive, to say the least. It could give rise to a renaissance of an old outmoded notion called: freedom.

 

What could be more free, more independent, more unique, more creative than individual consciousness that has a non-material basis?

 

You want to do everything you can to equate consciousness with the brain and, thus, the modern idea of the computer. Yes, the computer. Perfect.

 

“Consciousness is a computer operating at a very high level.”

 

“All computers can be improved.”

 

“All computers can malfunction. They can be repaired.”

 

And then, the ultimate coup:

 

“Consciousness? A very old idea that, in light of the progress of technology, has no merit. It’s really information processing. The brain handles that. The brain is a computer. We’re learning how to build a better brain…”

 

You’re shifting the focus of the old 1950s MKULTRA program, which mainly involved drugs and hypnosis, to a new arena. You’re coming at the territory inside the skull from a number of angles. You’re the next generation of Brave New World.

 

And right across town, the Pentagon and its research branch, DARPA, is deeply involved in a number of allied research projects. For example, the cortical modem, a little piece of equipment that costs about $10.

 

The gist? Insert proteins into neurons, and then beam photons into those proteins, thus creating image displays that bypass the normal channels of perception.

 

Virtual reality with no headset. The project is still in its early stages, but the direction is clear: give the “user” an image display beyond his ability to choose.

More:

http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3612-if-you-were-chief-of-cia-consciousness-ops

Anonymous ID: 735cac Dec. 27, 2018, 6:27 a.m. No.4485167   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Anonymous ID: 735cac Dec. 27, 2018, 6:31 a.m. No.4485208   🗄️.is 🔗kun

The diplomatic crisis ignited by the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has largely subsided, and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's grip on power is, if anything, even stronger than it was before (having faced down incipient challenges from one of his uncles). Which is why it's somewhat surprising to see MbS's ailing father, King Salman, order a limited cabinet reshuffle that moved around some of the key players in the scandal (including Adel al-Jubeir, who was one of the kingdom's key liaisons with western media during its response to Khashoggi's killing) and removed Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf al Saud as the Kingdom's ambassador to the UK, according to Saudi State TV station Al-Arabiya.

 

Amid the reshuffle, the king ordered the creation of a new political and security council (presumably to help protect his chosen successor's flank) and - in a move that is reminiscent of a controversial decision made by President Trump this year - establishes a new Saudi space agency.

 

#BREAKING Saudi King Salman orders major Cabinet reshuffle

 

- Adel Al Jubeir relieved from position as Foreign Minister; named Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

- Ibrahim Alasssaf named as new Foreign Minister

- King also ordered formation of new political & security council pic.twitter.com/kA37Fw7C2z

— Nahayat Tizhoosh (@NahayatT) December 27, 2018

 

As a result of the reshuffle, more liberals and progressives will move into positions of power, suggesting that it could be part of the Kingdom's plan to move ahead with its 'liberalizing' reforms to try and rehabilitate MbS's tarnished reputation as a reformer.

 

Women now have more positions in finance/trade ministry. Also, #SaudiArabia has announced the establishment of a national space agency.

Today's cabinet reshuffle is a step in the right direction for Saudi Arabia. It'll help the country open up / liberalise faster IMO.

— 🗺 Nadia 🗺 (@kutsuit) December 27, 2018

 

But perhaps the biggest change was apparent demotion of al-Jubeir to the lesser position of minister of state for foreign affairs and moving Ibrahim al-Assaf, formerly the kingdom's finance minister, to the foreign affairs role. Al-Jubeir played an important role in the Saudis PR response to the Khashoggi killing, and was seen as a stalwart supporter of the Crown Prince.

Here's a roundup of the most important moves:

 

Ibrahim al-Assaf appointed as Foreign Minister

Adel al-Jubeir appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Gen. Khalid bin Qirar Al Harbi has been appointed as the head of general security.

Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz appointed Minister of National Guard

Turki al-Shabbana appointed Minister of Media

Hamad Al-Sheikh appointed Minister of Education

Turki bin Talal has been appointed Governor of Asir in place of Faisal bin Khaled

Sultan bin Salman moved from the presidency of the Tourism Authority and appointed Chairman of the Space Authority

Badr bin Sultan has been replaced by Faisal bin Nawaf as Governor of Jouf region

Musa'ad al-Aiban appointed as National Security Adviser

Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Faisal has replaced Turki al-Sheikh as president of Saudi's Sports Authority

Turki Al-Sheikh has been appointed Chairman of the Entertainment Authority

Khalid bin Qarar al-Harbi has been appointed the director of Public Security

Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf al Saud has been recalled as ambassador to the UK (notably after saying he was "concerned" about the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi)

 

But the implications of today's decision aside, there's one thing Saudi watchers should keep in mind.

 

For all the changes in Saudi Arabia today with the cabinet reshuffle, remember this. If and when MbS becomes king, he can just as easily dismiss the whole cabinet.

— Dr H.A. Hellyer (@hahellyer) December 27, 2018

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-27/king-salman-establishes-saudi-space-agency-demotes-foreign-minister-surprise