Yes, we had him down as a speaker for the SFF in Baltimore in 1970. He would always send the plants thoughts when on tour, record the time, then when he returned verify a response on the polygraph rolls. He claimed to always get a response. I at one time was able to mentally send the needle to one extreme or the other by simply concentrating on a plant hooked up to a galvonic instrument. I have no idea if I can still do that or not.
The really wierd thing that I don't think he ever published was that he obtained some carbon filled rubber, used in operating rooms for the surgeons shoe soles and so forth to dissapate static electricity. When a piece of it was hooked up to a polygraph, the needle would respond exactly the same was as if attached to a plant. And, if memory serves me right, it reacted to thoughts the same way as well. I don't think he ever published that part since people were having a hard enough time believing that a living plant could respond to thoughts, he was likely afraid that the other would tend to discredit the idea completely since it was inantimate syntetic rubber. Marshall Trem wrote: > Hi Marshall, > > I think he was even able to influence plants on the far side of the country > too with brainwaves. It's been so long since I read it but that still > sticks with me unless my mind made it up. At the time I had just turned > vegetarian. At least killing veggies didn't bother me as much as killing > critters. The critters could watch you do it. The plants didn't try to run > away. > > Trem > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Unsupported denials & claims-Placebo effect > > > Cleve Backseter, in the early 70's discovered that plants react to thought > when > > he was a polygraph expert with the FBI. Published a book by the name of > "The > > Secret Life of Plants". Proved that even double blind studies can be > flawed > > because even simple plants would react to events in the other room, even > if the > > experimenters did not know what was going on in the other room, and would > react > > to the experimenters thoughts. > > > > Marshall > > > > Barbara Liles wrote: > > > > > What is the Backster effect? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:12 PM > > > Subject: Re: CS>Unsupported denials & claims-Placebo effect > > > > > > > I think that the Backster effect shows that even in lab surroundings, > you > > > really > > > > can't be sure. Since it can occur with plants, it might with animals > as > > > well. > > > > > > > > Marshall > > > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On a non-related note, I've been seeing the idea float around that > the > > > > > > placebo effect does not apply with animals. This is markedly > > > untrue...in a > > > > > > > > > > > > laboratory setting it is likely true that the placebo effect > > > > > > will not manifest in animals, but in a home setting it very well > > > could. > > > > > > > > > > > (Digest V102 #508) > > > > > Now THERE'S theoretical proof; markedly to likely to could. > > > > > jr > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > silver. > > > > > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: > http://silverlist.org > > > > > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Silver-list archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
