February 08, 2026
CIA DID Tamper with 2020 Election
Timothy Birdnow
There is e-mail evidence the CIA broke the law over the letter signed by former national security leaders saying the Hunter Laptop story was "Russian Deezinformateon".
They knew it wasn't true but promoted this claim anyway to tamper with the election, something they are forbidden to do by law.
Read the whole story.
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Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Deportations, ICE
Timothy Birdnow
Why lookie here; a large majority of Americans support evicting illegals and ICE, according to a new poll.
This contradicts a new PBS poll which claims Americans are opposed to deportations and hate the actions of ICE.
From the Plymouth Union Poll:
On the surface, nearly three-fourths of voters (74%) stated that fighting illegal immigration was an important issuefor the President and Congress to address. We see a considerable disparity in intensity: 44% of Americans say that fighting illegal immigration is "Very Important” compared to only 7% who believe the issue is "Not Important at All”.The overall importance of fighting illegal immigration is widely held even among the most ardent voices againstICE over the past year, including Democrats (58%) and Kamala Harris voters (59%).
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the President’s overall efforts to fight illegal immigration, including "cracking down onborder crossings and increasing deportations.” Approval for his anti-illegal immigration policies sits at 57%. Inaddition, we saw specific examples of the current administration’s border security agenda also receive high marks:• 78% of Americans believe the United States has a responsibility to stop international drug traffickersand cartel operations before they reach our country.• 64% of Americans believe that Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro should stand trial in the UnitedStates for his role in international drug trafficking and cartel operations.• 51% of Americans approve of using ICE agents to fight illegal immigration.SUPPORT FOR ICE AGENTSEven in the midst of an onslaught of negative coverage against ICE agents being driven by Democrat policymakersand members of the mainstream media, Americans strongly stand with ICE agents who are enforcing PresidentTrump’s anti-illegal immigration agenda. 57% of voters sampled believe that ICE agents should be able to dotheir job without being impeded or harassed, a direct blow to the anti-ICE agitators in places like Minneapolis andCalifornia.Do you believe that ICEagents should be ableto do their job withoutbeing impeded orharassed?Respect for ICE agents among American voters is high. Our sample applauded the men and women of ICE foranswering the call of duty, standing up for our nation’s safety, and for having the courage to do a dangerous jobthat many are not brave enough to do.• 58% Agree: The men and women of ICE are putting their lives on the line to keep America safe. It’swrong that some are attacking them when all they’re doing is their job.• 57% Agree: ICE agents have the dangerous job of keeping us safe from violent criminals. I wouldn’twant to be an ICE agent, but I’m happy there are people in my community willing to serve in thisnecessary role.There is far less support for the anti-ICE paid protestors and agitators, with only 30% of voters stating that theysupport political organizations that pay protesters to impede or harass ICE agents. This figure includes 55% ofvoters who consider themselves to be "Very Liberal” and 46% of voters under the age of 30.CONCLUSIONVoters broadly see illegal immigration as a serious issue that President Trump is properly addressing. There isclear openness for enforcement measures and general approval of the current approach, especially efforts todisrupt cartels and hold foreign actors accountable. Support extends to ICE officers enforcing these policies.Voters emphasize respect for their service and the need to let them do their jobs. By contrast, organized effortsto obstruct enforcement draw limited sympathy and appear confined to a small but vocal slice of the electorate.Overall, the center of public opinion favors the America First message of fighting illegal immigration and supportingICE agents protecting our communities.
So this issue is a big winner for the GOP. Sadly the Republicans no doubt are already knee-knocking over this and will probably fall into the media's trap.
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Timothy Birdnow
The Trump Administration has finally had enough and has essentially told Judge James Bozo, er, Basberg to go ef himself.
Pound sand is a nicer way of saying go ef yourself, but the sentiment is the same.
FTA:
"The Trump administration will not comply with a court order requiring due process for hundreds of Venezuelan migrants deported to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador last year, DOJ lawyers said,” reports Fox News Digital. "It sets up a heated clash in court next week in a case that is almost certainly headed back to the Supreme Court.”
The status and plight of 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to a Salvadoran prison last March under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act have emerged as one of the defining court fights of Trump’s second term, allowing the administration to test its mettle against the federal courts and the practical limits of judicial authority, on one of Trump’s biggest policy priorities.
It's a fight that has also put U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who is overseeing the Alien Enemies Act case, squarely in the Trump administration's crosshairs as he attempts to determine what due process protections, if any, the administration is legally obligated to provide and how far the courts can go to enforce them.
A new filing from the Justice Department made clear the administration believes it owes the migrants no additional due process at all. Should the court try to order otherwise, lawyers for the administration said they would promptly seek intervention from higher courts/
The GOP refused to impeach this clown and he's still at work now to thwart the will of the American People and prevent our government from doing it's duty under the Constitution. SCOTUS has already ruled in Trump's favor on this and Boasberg has simply ignored the superior court.
Not only did Boasberg face an impeachment inquiry (which failed) but he was also referred for ethics violation and another judge dismissed those charges without a hearing.
The fact is Trump is following the letter of the law and Boasberg knows it. He's simply writing his own law now. The President is a coequal branch of government and this judge has no right to reverse Trump's policies in this matter; the Constitution gives the President all the power with regards to immigration law.
I'm afraid we need to take stronger action against this guy. Go through his taxes. Look into his associations. I'm sure there is something dirty with this guy. Let's find it.
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Antenoran Olympians
Timothy Birdnow
Shades of 1968.
I have mixed emotions about being represented by such jackasses. They have a simple solution - immigrate. I'm sure the 51st state would be happy to have them.
In the 1968 summer Olympics a group of athletes stuck their fists in the air in a "Black Power" salute and badmouthed the United States. George Foreman, who was there, was quite angry about that and there is an iconic photograph of him openly waiving an American flag. That act won my heart (not at the time; I was only 4 years old) but later in life. I've always had a soft spot for Foreman for defending his country that way. He made no bones about the fact he was disgusted by what these clowns did.
Sadly Big George died a little less than a year ago - March 25. No doubt he'd have some choice words for these bozos.
in many other countries these ingrates would be too hard at work to survive to be able to take time to train and go to the Olympics.
Donald Trump responded to one of the losers, er, athletes, one freestyle skier named Hunter Hess (any relations to Rudolf?) in his inimitable way:
"U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Indeed Hess took a slot that could have gone to someone who was proud to represent America. And frankly I'd rather lose with a patriot than win with an ingrate.
The article quotes a number of these little snowflakes and not to their advantage. They are proof that many younger Americans are completely spoiled rotten.
I've never cared for the Olympics. It is this neo-pagan festival designed to promote internationalism and the New World Order more than anything. It's also boring, in my opinion. It has long been my fondest dream to one day catch the rely of the torch before the opening of an Olympics and snuff it out with a fire extinguisher. My niece, who hates the Olympics too, has offered to join me, or at least give me tech support if I should care to implement this operation. Good girl!
A fire extinguisher should work nicely. And they are small enough to put in your coat these days.
At any rate these dopes who can't just shut up and ski/skate, whatever should think about Canada; it's close, it's culture is very similar to ours, and unless they move to Alberta they are probably going to be fine. I'd suggest they avoid Greenland though.
In Dante's Inferno one of the lowest circles of Hell is Antenora, the place for traitors to kin and country. Oh, and it's frozen solid; a great place for winter sports if you ask me!
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Is the Deep State Crumbling?
Timothy Birdnow
The Deep State's propaganda arms are cracking, and the good folks at Conservative Treehouse suspect this means the efforts to purge the Deep State from our government is likewise working.
He may be right. On the other hand it may be an "operational pause" designed to lull us into a false sense of security. The heat is on these rags, after all, and the only way to protect themselves from long-term harm is to pull in their horns. That does not mean make any meaningful reforms.
But it might.
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Chip Roy: Pause ALL Immigration!
Timothy Birdnow
Chip Roy calls for a pause in all immigration to the U.S.
He's right and we need to do this. In fact we did do this in the 1920's and had essentially no immigration to America until Ted Kennedy reopened it (and preferred immigration from the Third World in his bill) in the sixties. That was forty years of no immigration and we did just fine.
Time to do it again.
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NFL Disinvites ICE
Timothy Birdnow
Just one more reason to boycott the Superbowl.
Actually I'm going to go to a Superbowl party but only for the socializing and the booze, not for the game. If I hadn't just lost most of the people I love I would just stay home and watch reruns of Star Trek or something.
ICE should put checkpointd at every entrance to the stadium and watch the NFL squirm.
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NFL Disinvites ICE
Timothy Birdnow
Just one more reason to boycott the Superbowl.
Actually I'm going to go to a Superbowl party but only for the socializing and the booze, not for the game. If I hadn't just lost most of the people I love I would just stay home and watch reruns of Star Trek or something.
ICE should put checkpointd at every entrance to the stadium and watch the NFL squirm.
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Two Faced Joe
Timothy Birdnow
Joe Scarborough was opposed to illegal aliens before he favored them:
Bill D'Agostino
@Banned_Bill
2003: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough worries California may start issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.
"By giving these criminals the most accepted form of identification in America, the California Democrats buy votes for themselves.”
"This plan seems to me to legitimize illegal immigration once and for all. And it’s dangerous.”
"They’re breaking the law. It’s that simple. If you break the law, you shouldn’t get a driver’s license. You shouldn’t be in our country.”
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February 07, 2026
When the Ground is Turned Under
When the Ground is Turned Under
by Timothy Birdnow
2/7/2026
An empty bed, an empty chair
no sounds in the kitchen, no footsteps on the stair
silence in my head, so very much to bear
a part of me has disappeared but where?
I wake into the bright glaring light of nightmare
the candle blown out, that far away stare
of a tired old man, worn and withered by care
from the silence of Heaven no word on a prayer
Where does a man turn when he is torn all asunder
by cruel twisted fate as the ground is turned under
Does he stay up quite late and drink half his weight
does he dance with the fairies of bourbon and wonder?
What does a man do when he's run out of time and his life doesn't rhyme?
How does he climb such a high, steep incline
how does he navigate without a map or road sign
with his mind in a cage, with his spirit confined?
She was light as a feather, a calm on the seas
a fairie of stardust, a sprite on the breeze
alive like the forest, as green as the trees
The star of the morning the summer night's ease
But that was a long time ago now or so it appears
she's gone far away now as ashes and tears
an old man's great nightmare, the sum of all fears
the silence is mocking as the night draws ever near
Where can a man seek asylum from hell
Where can he quench his great thirst at the well
For we know whom that tolling was for by the bell
as the candle blows out and the darkness just fell
Night seems eternal and never to end
a cloak that is torn and never to mend
the holy place open, no garden to tend
I struggle with angels and the demons offend
They say that the darkness will eventually pass
that the cold frigid night will just shatter like glass
I'll eventually climb from this bottomless morass
that the dry arid land will be covered with grass
Maybe so but I wonder if it's not for the lucky,
for the young and the strong and the confidently plucky
for me luck is rare and a treasure to save
and one fears it may tarry to well past the grave
Where does a man turn when he is torn all asunder
by cruel twisted fate as the ground is turned under
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4th Circuit: Trump Can End DEI
Timothy Birdnow
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals says Trump can end DEI in government if he pleases.
While this does leave it open for future lawsuits over specific cases it says that nobody can broadly sue over a core policy.
Suck on THAT Wokeies!
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Big Court Win for Trump, ICE
Timothy Birdnow
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that the Administration does NOT have to offer illegal aliens who are inside the country a day in court before arresting and deporting them.
This is a huge win for America. Naturally the Left is crying into their Twisted Tea alcoholic beverage.
Of course the Left knows they have nary a leg to stand on in this; it's designed to gum up the works, a monkey wrench thrown into the machinery to slow Trump down. I'm sure they knew they were going to lose, but it kept Trump from deporting a bunch of illegals until the case was settled (and no doubt it will be appealed to SCOTUS).
This is what the 13th Amendment means with "subjuct to the jurisdiction thereof" - these people are NOT subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and so have no claim to amnesty.
In other news ICE is planning to build a giant detention facility in beautiful San Antonio, one of the most ICE-hating places in America.
I sure don't get tired of winning. Shadenfreud is a wonderful thing sometimes.
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Somalia Now Requires Voter I.D.
I guess that's why Omar left Somalia?
Timothy Birdnow
Even SOMALIA now has voter I.D. required.
Where is the GOP on the SAVE Act?
Christian Collins@CollinsforTXIlhan Omar claims voter ID laws are "voter suppression.”
Meanwhile, her home country of Somalia recently implemented a "one person, one vote” system.
That system requires a voter ID card.
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Minnebrainaless Morons Protest Tampon Timmy
Timothy Birdnow
Communists always eat their own.
It does my heart good.
Yes, they showed up at Walz flat, er, mansion to raise eh e double hockey sticks over his "colludig' with Trump.
FTA:
Specifically, the protesters expressed outrage over Walz’s "unprecedented cooperation” with President Donald Trump and Border Czar Tom Homan, which reportedly led to a partial drawdown of ICE agents in the area.
The protest, captured on video and shared on X, began around 8 p.m. local time.
See, this is the problem Walz had from the beginning; he got in bed with some very bad people and once in you can't get out.
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A Pause, not a Trend
Timothy Birdnow
How so? We've had 4.3% economic growth, yet they are telling us there aren't many jobs.
Naturally CNN uses 2020 - the pandemic - as the baseline. Americans were out of work then by the millions.
Of course, with government cutbacks and an ending of extended unemployment or welfare programs we were going to see the number of unfilled jobs fall.
We are in a period of realignment and this means employers are waiting to see how this shakes out. In uncertain times emplouers hold off on hiring because they don't know how to plan. Also, a lot of jobs are being automated. How many jobs has McDonalds created since the Democrats pushed the minimum wage through the roof? They've been "hiring" kiosks to take orders instead of people.
But the jobs will return as America reinvigorates her manufacturing sector.
In fact this low number is a sign of good health in the economy; it means people are back at work. So many took a nice long vacation.
The numbers that matter are the consumer index; it shows the public confidence in the economy. Last year consumer spending rose by a whopping 34%. That tells you people have money.
One more thing; the Biden economy had good employment numbers because jobs were being filled by people taking second jobs. At this stage there is no reason to think that isn't still the case, although it may be winding down. When it does, when real wages rise enough to allow people to quit their moonlight jobs, the number of jobs will rise.
This sluggish job growth is an operational pause, not a trend.
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And Yet it Moves; Atheist "Order from Chaos" Experiment Proves Nothing
Timothy Birdnow
The nails were designed ON PURPOSE to be uniform, and to have round tops with smaller bottoms that helped them align.
As the Not the Bee author points out the box and nails were designed by an intelligence, and it was an intelligence that shook the box that brought those nails into alignment.
In physics there is the Anthropic Principle. This is applicable here. The Anthropic Principle states that the universe is fine-tuned to our existence; change any one physical law, no matter how small, and life becomes impossible. We exist ONLY in this universe, which seems tailor made for us.
There are other variants on the Anthropic Principle. The "Weak" Anthropic Principle admits this is so but argues that we are just seeing what we want to see, or what is in front of us. We evolved into THIS reality so naturally we assume no life is possible in another.
But even if that is true it still doesn't change the facts; our existence here was a miracle, something that should not have happened.
In fact most atheist scientists subscribe to the Many Worlds Hypothesis, which says there are an INFINITE number of universes, each with slightly varying physical laws, and that random chance guaranteed that life would arise in at least one of them. It's the only way to get around the philosophical implications of the Anthroopic Principle. (Many worlds is not the Multiverse, btw; the Multiverse suggests there are different universes sitting next to each-other in a larger megaverse and not interacting because they are too distant from each other and have slightly different physical laws. Many Worlds is based on quantum physics and the Copenhagen Interpretation which says that a new universe is generated at every decision point since two or more contradictory events actually happen at once and thus create a new universe, like cutting slices of bread from the loaves Jesus multiplied at the Sermon on the Mount.)
At any rate the Anthropic Principle has long been the bane of atheists and for good reason.
Anyway, I would suggest this guy choose nails of different weights and sizes and see if that works. Or even better, put some different sized bolts and nuts together in there and see if he can shake them into attaching themselves, which is basically what the atheist crowd argues happened with abiogenesis in the first place.
This little nail-in-box experiment does not prove order comes from chaos but that something purposely designed to be orderly will return to a state of order if enough energy is applied in the proper way. But we've always known that; it's what happens when you design something to be so.
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How Science Will Die
Timothy Birdnow
Oh puh-leeze!
There are a number of options here. One, they may have reason to feel that way as they may indeed be affirmative action hires. Two, if they do worry about this who cares? 3. Pretty much everyone feels like a fraud at some point in their lives and when doing science, which is so often grueling labor with little reward, it is only natural to feel that way. No doubt men do to, but women are particularly prone to navel-gazing.
This research is just more proof that psychology is the dufus of the sciences (As Shedon pointed out on The Big Bang Theory).
The article states:
This experience is known as impostorism, a psychological pattern that is distinct from low self-esteem or depression. According to Binghamton University, State University of New York, psychology researcher Jiyun Elizabeth Shin, impostorism involves persistent self-doubt even in the presence of clear evidence of achievement. Shin is a lecturer who leads the Social Identity & Academic Engagement Laboratory and recently published research on the topic in the journal Social Psychology of Education titled "Impostorism: Prevalence and its relationships with mental health, burnout, dropout consideration, and achievement among graduate women in STEM.”
Her findings highlight just how common these feelings are. Shin’s research shows that 97.5% of women enrolled in STEM graduate programs report experiencing impostor feelings at least at a moderate level. The likelihood appears even higher for those with multiple marginalized identities, including women of color.
"Impostorism is a feeling like being an intellectual fraud even when there is strong evidence of success,” Shin explained. "You believe that other people are overestimating your abilities and intelligence, and you fear that one day you’ll be exposed as incompetent and undeserving of your success.”
Of course what the study's lead author suggests is that these women are indeed as capable as any male colleague. That may be true but it may not; it's what is wrong with affirmative action in the first place. If you get let into anything based not on the quality of your work but on secondary traits, like your sex or race, you are going to always wonder if you really belong. It is exactly what is wrong with the policies of Woke culture. THAT should be the takeaway here.
But of course it's not; the study is trying to suggest we need to do more to bolster women in the sciences.
The fact of the matter is STEM isn't most women's cup of tea, and that is driven by biology and God. Women are more communal and don't like to fight as much as men. STEM, unlike the soft sciences, is essentially a combat sport; there can only be one right answer. That answer is divined by a rigorous and sometimes vicious adversarial process.
Men evolved to hunt and fight wars; it's our primary purpose, along with siring children. Women evolved to gather and prepare food, and to raise children. As a result men are far more likely to eschew socializing and communal thinking while women are more likely. Women tend to be right brained; creative and interested in harmony and also tend to be more verbal. Men tend toward greater practicality and achievements.
That's not to say there aren't women who are good at it, there are many. And that isn't to say There aren't men who are terrible at STEM precisely because they refuse to color inside the lines. My point is women IN GENERAL have less interest in a profession that is about being right and rubbing the loser's nose in it.
Here's another quote from the article where we can gain insight.
Impostorism is rooted in how people interpret their abilities and past accomplishments. Those affected often struggle to accept success as something they earned. Instead, they credit outside factors such as luck or favorable circumstances. This leads to anxiety about future performance and a lingering fear that others will eventually realize they are not as capable or intelligent as they seem.
Isn't imposturism EXACTLY the mental illness stalking Western Civilization these days? People - especially women who are the most radical Leftists of all nowadays - think it was just luck or favorable circumstances that led to the dominance of Western culture and that we are essentially frauds, and the only way to show we aren't is by ridding ourselves of the very thing that gave us that dominance. Now the Left tells children that we have no right to exist at all, that our only salvation lies in self-flagellation and our willingness to commit cultural hari-kari. So many young people buy into this too.
The very fact we are discussing this about female scientists is proof that our Western world is overcome with a false sense of guilt. We advanced human civilization immensely and while we weren't perfect we were still generally better than the peoples we displaced, our competitors. We never ate other people, or shrunk their heads, or enslaved them for sexual purposes. We did not torture, by and large. Yes, we kept slaves (something almost every culture did before the Industrial Revolution and often in a far nastier way.) And in return we gave so much - food, medicine, clothing, art, science, etc. So why feel guilty? We didn't do anything worse than any other culture ever did.
But instead of rejoicing in our earned success we sit about worrying about the feelings of women scientists and tut-tut about how bad Western civilization is for anyone who is not a white male.
White males die younger than white females, and in fact white males are the only demographic going backward in terms of life expectancy. Even black males are living longer. But not white guys.
Part of it is this extreme emphasis on anyone considered a "minority" which even includes white women. (There are more white women then white men, btw.) If a psychologist wants to look for REAL traumatization there is fertile ground in the way wokeism is destroying the hopes and dreams and lives of white boys. But to get ahead in academia these days you have to blame the white man for everything and hate on him as best you can. That's what this study on imposturism is ultimately about; it's saying The Man is holding women down, another form of intellectual and sexual bondage.
Doubt me on this? Look at these paragraphs:
Shin’s study also found clear links between impostorism and well-being. "Findings from my research showed that impostorism predicted poorer overall mental health, greater burnout, and increased consideration of dropout among graduate women in STEM,” she said.
A fixed mindset – the belief that abilities are innate and cannot be improved – is also associated with impostorism. When people see intelligence as unchangeable, challenges can feel like confirmation that they never deserved success. As a result, approaches that encourage more flexible views of ability may help reduce impostor feelings.
Even though impostorism is common among high achievers, many people hesitate to talk about it. Keeping these concerns private can deepen feelings of isolation and stress. Open conversations may play an important role in coping with impostor feelings and protecting mental and emotional health.
"More research is needed to better identify strategies to reduce impostor experiences, but social support may be helpful in reducing impostor fears,” Shin said.
Again, I would suggest that women shouldn't be advanced over men if we do not want imposturism; it's a natural outcome of DEI.
(BTW intelligence largely IS fixed; it can drop but rarely increase once a child is sufficiently developed. That she would say this proves she's an idiot.)
And that happens all the time. My brother is an historian and he graduated with top honors for his Ph.D. and has multiple books and articles published as well as has taught for decades and been given outstanding performance reviews. While this isn't science it does illustrate how academia works. The university where he is working adjunct just hired a new professor - a woman. Brian knew her when she was working on her Ph.D. - she barely got it, being awarded "with reservations". Bran said she knew nothing about history too, except for a very limited field involving literature. But she had ovaries and estrogen and so she was spirited to the top of her field. The university he works at never once considered him, because he was a white male; this substandard woman got the tenured position.
That is sadly how academia works and if there is a crisis in imposturism it's because of THAT, not some "antiquated" sexist idea.
Oh, I notice the article makes no mention of how many male scientists - especially white males - feel this way too. But of course this research is merely a tool to advance more DEI, more women pushed into positions for which they are not fit or to which they really aren't that interested.
This is exactly how science will die.
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Like Sand Through the Hourglass These are the Senses;of Our Lives
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Timothy Birdnow
Another sense has been discovered in humans and it makes sense when you think about it (pun intended).
Many birds possess an unique ability to sense food that may be buried in the ground. Plovers and sandpipers and other birds that feed along seashores can find prey through what is called remote touch; they can sense worms or other delectables just by touching the ground. They do not need to actually physically touch the tasty critters upon which they feed; they can simply tell they are there based on minute displacement of sand.
Researchers wondered if humans had the same abilities. Turns out that while we are nowhere as good at it as birds (who have special organs that help them do this) we do possess this sense in a rudimentary fashion.
People who put their hands to sand with buried objects could find those objects oftentimes just by sensing they were there.
This really doesn't surprise me; blind people often have a limited form of "vision" through their skins, although this has long been hotly contested. Plants certainly have this ability, and some simpler animals. And of course we all feel heat and cold on our skin, which itself is a coefficient of how much energy is being pumped into a given system.
I offer an experiment for you to try; put your hand near your face and tell me what you feel. It should feel slightly warm even though you aren't touching the skin. That's because heat is moving between your hand and your face and your face senses that. It's a simple form of heat vision. Now, this is a long way from sensing objects or tasty worms in sand, but it seems to me logical that if you can sense your hand near your face you probably can sense things that are near you but not visible.
At any rate people blind from birth have been reported to be able to sense colors and other things that should be impossible to them. So what gives?
Humans likely have an atrophied version of this sense. We stopped needing it some time ago, as we became more hunters than grubbers in the soil.
There are many senses in the animal kingdom that do not work for us (such as sonar, or a shark's ability to "see" a seal's nervous system from great distances) but those senses are buried in the genome, unexpressed genes. (Remember, epigenetics says we have all the stuff in us that has been in any critter in our biological line but it merely is unexpressed, dormant.) We have only five dominant senses, but most likely have many others that work, or barely work. That is the basis, no doubt, for many alleged "psychic" phenomena; people using recessive senses to acquire knowledge they seem to be incapable of possessing.
I once read a website about mentalism. Mentalism is a type of legerdemain in which the magician deduced vast amounts of information from a mark, er, subject by seeming magic. The reality is he's just very observant and makes deductions based on how the person he's "reading" reacts. There are subtle clues that tip the mentalist off and allow him to make draw the right conclusions. Sherlock Holmes was essentially a mentalist if you want an example.
I rather suspect the better mentalists have fine-tuned their limited extra-sensory abilities and can see if someone is lying or telling the truth through it. Like this new sense discussed in the article, they may be able to feel subtle changes in body temperature and skin placement, much like a lie detector machine does. Yes, there are tells which most mentalists use, facial expressions and the like (most top gamblers are natural mentalists) but that wouldn't give you everything you need. I wonder if they haven't learned to use this sixth sense.
At any rate researchers found that the human brain would get overwhelmed if we had several more senses at work on a regular basis, so we are only really aware of five senses. Beyond that and we become confused. But that doesn't mean they aren't there, just that we can't really access them.
Or can we? There was a guy named Bottineau who lived on Mauritus in the latter part of the 18th century. There is little known about Bottineau but he was quite famous for a time for his discovery of something he called Nauscopie. See, Bottineau could predict the coming of ships, often days before they came, by studying the ocean. He argued there was a lot of dying and decaying life in the sea and it produced a vapor that would be disturbed by ships. By means as yet unknown Bottineau could somehow see this disturbance and thus make predictions based on it. He was said to have had a remarkable record of success making these predictions and was called the Wizard of Mauritus for his ability.
Sadly Bottineau was a horrible scientist and didn't keep records, or if he kept them they were destroyed or disappeared. He had been holding out on publishing the secret because he wanted to be paid for it - and the offers he was receiving were too low. The guy died before he could tell the world and so Nauscopie was never realized.
I wonder; was this ability a form of sixth sense? There are many people who can feel storms coming in. Heck; my back started to hurt every time a storm was coming for a long time after I slipped a disc. That was caused by changes in air pressure, no doubt. Why can't we "see" ships coming days before they arrived? Why can't we sense objects in sand with out touching them?
At any rate I suspect we DO have more than five sense, it's just that the five we are largely aware of domnate our thinking. But there are others that are well established; we can sense the position of our bodies, for instance. We feel hunger, which is a sense not involving the big five. There are others.
So why can't we see with our skins, or feel changes in positions of objects under sand?
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