| Subject: Re: The Arlington Institute |
| From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| Date: 7/17/10, 00:16 |
| To: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> |
Yeah, I just got done reading their "dream report," which of course produced nothing that actually happened (give it a read if you have a moment, it's amusing). Having said that, I should have noted that I'm not intending to publicly associate with this fellow - and even if I did, it would be assumed by anyone who noticed that I was doing so for purposes of writing a satire on him - but rather to pump him for info regarding his background in national security, largely for my own edification. I'm becoming increasingly interested in the interplay between the various military branches and intelligence services, as I get the feeling that we could learn a great deal from that dynamic. I also get the feeling that he would be happy to tell me everything he knows.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> wrote:I dunno, Barrett -- their website has some strange stuff on it:
The "Whether Map" which collects reports of intuitions and dreams from just about anybody?
http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/tai/whether-map
http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/Dream/Intuition-Entry-Form
Or this paper on pre-cognizant dreaming?
http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/files/Dream%20Report.pdf
Futurists have been around for a while, they seem to me to resemble the motivational speaker industry. The motivational speakers popularize scholarship in psychology and get big fees urging roomfuls of rubes to increase productivity (or sales), and the futurists I have encountered write books and speak profitably, popularizing scientific and economic scholarship. This group seems to go a little further afield than popularizing -- intuition and pre-cognition, whoa.
My worry is that you could lose credibility with a true scholar like Juan Cole if you associate yourself incautiously with these folks.On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm going to get in touch with the head of this think-tank. He would be our most valuable asset.
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Barrett Brown
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