Dan’s “place-holder” comment was spot-on. Dark matter was conceived as an IDEA to explain the discrepancies in gravitational lensing of background radiation and calculated gravitational mass effects. It may be one of the more popular theories, but not the only one being examined by scientists. (E.g. quantum gravity is another one)

I don’t know if you’ve ever watched the show, “Through the Wormhole”, but I do remember several episodes dealing with dark matter, and having high profile physicists as guests. If I remember correctly, they made it clear that NO ONE has a clue as to the nature of dark matter, which makes sense since no one has managed to even detect it.

I believe in an unseen world that escapes our direct detection in part, due to the limitation of our senses, and cluttering of our minds with the mundane. You surely have the same ideas, and this is why I am disheartened by your spiteful commentary, when in fact those with your sentiments often experience the same kind of derision.

“I don’t know how your compatriots let you get away with the rants without dumping a bucket of water on your head!! Be well.”

…Because they know Micah is the only one in possession to the key of the ONLY bathroom inside the bunker… and it’s a whole lotta floors to climb for a piss

While I appreciate (truly!) your reasoned debate over the dark matter issue, I’m troubled to hear of your “annoyance” with the “universal love BS.” You, in fact, are the first listener who has complained about this! The overwhelming majority, on the other hand, have expressed joy and gratitude for this kind of discussion on the program (I plan to feature a segment on tomorrow’s show about this, in fact). Obviously, the message is reaching someone… and even if you disagree with my sentiments, I’m glad nonetheless that it inspired you to reach out to us regardless. The intention was put forth, and for good or for ill, you responded.

That said, I must advise that if you dislike this sort of “BS talk” this much, you may need to find another podcast. Do understand though, that rather than out of frustration (since I have none), I say this to you (you guessed it!) out of love, and I really do wish you all the best… I just want you to find whatever it is you’re looking for, and it sounds at the moment like maybe The Gralien Report simply isn’t that! And I’m okay with that, too… maybe my rambling isn’t for everyone, ha ha.

If you change your mind, however, you’ll ALWAYS have a home here with us. Be well indeed, fellow space traveler… and I appreciate your feedback with profound and sincere gratitude.

I like your site, I thought you might want to add it to my spiritual directory to increase your viewership: http://esodates.com/spiritual-directory/

Give it a shot!
Best wishes,
Mike

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PS: Re. Mothman, and how the whole Point Pleasant beeswax could have been construed from a series of unrelated weird incidents, I agree it could be possible. I also agree that Keel made up a lot of what he wrote on Mothman Prophecies; and I even agree that the first accounts from the witnesses seem to have described something that resembled a big bird rather than a humanoid entity.

BUT… all the accounts had one thing in common: the depiction of glowing red eyes. If you can show me a picture of a big owl sporting glowing red eyes, then I’ll start considering you have a case here

Anyway I really don’t have a problem with variations in witnesses’ descriptions. If you talk to a police officer he’ll tell you that this is actually expected since humans tend to register and remember things very differently from person to person; it’s when you find testimonies that are exactly the same when you begin to suspect confabulation.

Not to mention that with Fortean phenomena the perception of witnesses varies even more. Take a look at all the different descriptions given by the witnesses of the so-called ‘Miracle of the Sun’ as reported by Joaquim Fernandes and Fina D’Armada when they investigated the original parochial testimonies on the Fatima apparitions of 1917. These phenomena are partly construed by the subconscious of the human witness despite their varying levels of ‘physicality’.

Feliz cumpleaños, amigo. Enjoy the last 12 months before the big 180

There was a psychic in the mid-20th Century who claimed to be able to create “animal tulpas”. What separates his claims from those of others was that he actually got plaster casts of them in real-time.

In a similar fashion, Boston medium Mina Crandon had her “spirit control” dip his hand in paraffin in order to leave an impression (showing the hairs on his hands, fingerprints, etc.) The interesting thing about it is that it’s impossible for a real human to duplicate it. Dipping one’s hand in paraffin is easy enough. But once it dries and you try to extract the hand, it crumbles. So when skeptics tried to duplicate her feat, they found themselves flummoxed. Even the great Harry Houdini tried to debunk her and failed.

So was the “spirit control” a tulpa? Something capable of assuming seemingly-human form, but evaporating at will?

Maybe the UN delegates flunked history in High School, but what I remember from my lessons is that Spain stole the gold from the original inhabitants of the Americas. IMO they are the legitimate owners of the gold.

Why don’t they return all the money and assets kept by the Swiss banks to the descendants of Nazi officials while we’re at it?