what if the mind could go where the body
cannot what if we could reach out into
the unknown seeing distant places hidden
spaces and even alternate times all
without moving a
muscle remote viewing it sounds like
science fiction yet some claim it's not
only possible but has been used in
Military and scientific
circles so what if the answer changes
everything we know
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hey everyone welcome back to Divergent
history where we dive into the biggest
what if questions of the past present
and future today we're venturing into
the mysterious realm of remote viewing
I'll admit this one's as intriguing as
it is strange and as always my skeptical
friend wendle is here to make sure we
keep our feet on the ground oh great so
we're talking about people seeing things
with with their eyes closed what's next
finding Atlantis by
daydreaming all right Wendell I I get it
uh it sounds out there but some really
interesting people and institutions
thought there was something to this so
let's dive into this world of psychic
spies secret government projects in some
claims that are hard to ignore first
things first what is remote viewing so
basically it's the ability to see things
without being physically present No
cameras no satellites just the power of
the Mind the idea is that with practice
you can send your awareness across vast
distances maybe even through time and
pick up on details as if you were there
in
person now remote viewing isn't
something new age thinkers came up with
during the Cold War government agencies
around the world funded serious Research
into it they were looking for ways to
gain intelligence locate hidden bases
and even predict events this wasn't a
casual side project there were real
budgets and teams dedicated to this let
me guess they were hoping people could
just close their eyes skip the paperwork
and save on travel
cost one of the best known remote
viewing efforts was the Stargate project
a top secret initiative funded by the US
government launched in the 1970s
Stargate employed psychics soldiers and
scientists to gather Intel on Soviet
bases locate missing individuals and
even get a peek at alien Tech if you
believe the
rumors and this was serious business
these viewers were given very little
information maybe just coordinates or a
vague prompt and asked to describe what
they saw amazingly sometimes they'd end
up sketching layouts location
in objects that were later confirmed to
exist so they doodled some buildings and
maybe got lucky sounds like a lot of
guesswork with a Sprinkle of
luck Ingle Swan is a name that comes up
a lot in remote viewing circles Swan was
an artist and one of the most successful
remote viewers in the Stargate project
his career included some pretty wild
claims like projecting his Consciousness
to Jupiter and yes even The Far Side of
the Moon one of his most famous
accomplishments you ask well Swan
claimed to see rings around Jupiter
something astronomers hadn't even
confirmed at that time years later when
the Voyager Mission finally made it to
Jupiter scientists confirmed that there
was indeed a faint ring around the
planet a lucky guess or maybe he was
just watching the the Science Channel
before
bed well maybe uh but he didn't stop
there wend Swan also claimed to see
structures activity and even beings on
the moon he described what looked like
mining operations machinery and
structures that were far from natural
and this wasn't just wild imagination
this guy was employed by the CIA and
paid well for his
skills I created an in-depth video on
his accounts of the activity on the moon
and included the link Down Below in the
comment section nice plug don't think we
don't know what you just did
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there now here's where things get even
stranger there are a handful of famous
remote viewing cases that still stir up
debate today let's dive into a few of
them and see why they've stuck around
in the early 1970s a remote viewer was
asked to locate a Soviet bomber that had
gone down somewhere in the
wilderness intelligence agencies had no
idea where it was and the area was way
too vast to search without some lead
this remote viewer given only the
mission goal described the exact terrain
and feature surround founding the crash
site when a search team followed the
viewer's subcription they found the
bomber exactly where it was supposed to
be now that's not the kind of thing you
can just guess the viewer had specific
landmarks elevations and even nearby
water features for something that was
supposed to be deep in the middle of
nowhere that's pretty impressive or
maybe they just had a thing for downed
bombers and Wilderness Landscapes right
place right
time then there's the case of Pat price
another famous remote viewer who worked
with the CIA price was a former police
officer with an uncanny ability to
sketch layouts of hidden or classified
sites in one instance he described a top
secret Soviet facility in remarkable
detail he sketched out building layouts
the placement of specific equipment and
even detailed underground storage
areas us intelligence later verified
that many of his descriptions were
accurate now think about that for a
second price was describing underground
facilities he couldn't possibly have
seen and he was getting it right if
that's not strange I don't know what is
either that or he had the world's most
reliable Insider sources but hey credit
where it's due
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during the Iranian hostage crisis of
1979 remote viewers were asked to locate
and report on the hostages conditions
they provided detailed descriptions of
the rooms the layout of the embassy and
the movements of guards some of these
reports were corroborated by On The
Ground Intelligence later giving some
legitimacy to the viewers
insights now you think this would be
hard to verify without direct access but
the descriptions were specific they
weren't just vague Impressions there
were details that aligned with the
actual layout of the embassy Which Intel
later
confirmed all right so they nailed down
a few room layouts but couldn't they
have just gone with the standard hostage
layout dimly lit rooms locked doors and
grumpy guards well maybe but the
alignment of details makes it harder to
brush off as lucky
guesses and here's your real curve ball
Swan Once claimed to remote view Mars he
described towering structures unusual
terrain and even what he believed were
Signs of Life this wasn't just
imagination Swan Drew sketches and took
detailed notes on Martian geography that
he claimed to have
seen and he was wasn't the only one
other remote viewers claim to have seen
ancient Martian civilizations and
structures it's one of the wildest
claims out there but it's led to some
interesting theories about Mars and our
distant past so now we've got remote
viewers seeing cities on Mars might as
well go all in and say they found
Starbucks up
there it's certainly out there I'll give
you that but these accounts have people
asking if there's more to Mars than
meets the eye
now it's one thing to hear these stories
but what does science have to say so
remote viewing has been tested sometimes
successfully but not without controversy
studies on extra sensory perception ESP
suggest that results might exceed random
chance but Skeptics argue that it could
be due to flawed methods selective
memory or outright bias for example some
experiments with ESP and remote viewing
show small but consistent results that
seem hard to explain these aren't huge
successes but rather subtle findings
that have kept researchers interested
small enough to say it's all a
coincidence but big enough to keep the
funding coming
right well that's one way to look at it
wend but it's also possible that science
hasn't yet developed the tools to
measure or explain what's happening with
remote viewing after all there was a
time when radio waves were invisible and
we didn't have a clue they
existed as intriguing as remote viewing
is it's only fair to take a step back
and look at some of the reasons people
are skeptical about it after all a
balanced perspective helps us understand
the full picture so let's dive into what
critics and scientists say might debunk
the entire concept of able
view first the scientific Community has
had a long-standing skepticism regarding
psychic phenomena including remote
viewing one of the core issues is that
remote viewing is notoriously hard to
replicate in a controlled environment
scientists like Dr Richard wisman a
well-known psychologist and skeptic
argue that for remote viewing to be
accepted scientist spefically it would
need to produce consistently reliable
results that can be reproduced by
different researchers under standardized
conditions fair enough now this lack of
consistent results is a significant
hurdle Dr wisman has stated if remote
viewing worked as reliably as proponents
claim it would be one of the most
important discoveries in human history
and we can disagree with that can we
wend but every time we test it under
control conditions it doesn't hold
up another criticism focuses on
confirmation bias and selective memory
Skeptics argue that remote viewing
successes are often exaggerated while
failures are ignored or rationalized
away Dr Michael shurmer a cognitive
psychologist and founder of the skeptic
Society explains that selective memory
plays a significant role in how we
perceive events like remote viewing when
people focus only on successful hits and
disregard the many misses it can create
an illusion of
accuracy Shermer points out that our
brains are wired to detect patterns in
assigned meaning even when none exists
so a remote viewer might accurately
describe a location one out of 10 times
but proponents might Focus only on that
single success while ignoring the nine
failures so they're basically playing a
numbers game and counting on us to
forget the times they totally missed the
mock exactly and Skeptics argue that
this tendency to highlight successes
over failures makes it seem like remote
viewing works better than it actually
does even agencies that once took an
interest in remote viewing like the CIA
eventually pulled back due to
inconclusive results the CIA initially
funded the Stargate project hoping to
gain an intelligence Advantage but after
years of research they concluded that
remote viewing didn't provide actionable
consistent results in a report following
the Project's end the CIA described
remote viewing as unreliable and
ultimately determined that it didn't
justify further
investment Dr Ray Hyman a Psy olist who
evaluated the Stargate Project's
findings concluded that there was no
clear evidence that remote viewing
produced results beyond what would be
expected by chance he said despite its
Allure the evidence simply does not
support the claims of reliable and
repeatable remote viewing capabilities
sounds like the CIA eventually decided
they'd rather spend their budget on
satellite imagery and good old-fashioned
Intel Gathering
psychologists also argue that
suggestibility may play a role in why
people believe remote viewing is real
Studies have shown that people who are
more open to suggestion or who have
strong imaginations May convince
themselves they're seeing something that
isn't there this is especially true in
cases where remote viewers are given
subtle cues or Prime with details about
a Target location beforehand
Dr Susan Blackmore a psychologist and
expert in paranormal phenomena suggests
that self- delusion and suggestion often
Drive psychic experiences including
remote viewing Blackmore notes when
people believe in a phenomenon they
become more likely to interpret
ambiguous images or vague impressions as
meaningful this can lead to an
experience that feels real even if it
isn't based on any objective reality
so in other words a person who already
believes in remote viewing might
interpret random shapes or thoughts as
solid information even if there's
nothing to back it
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up the Gans Feld experiment one of the
most famous tests for ESP and remote
viewing aimed to measure psychic
abilities in a controlled setting by
isolating participants from external
stimuli however results have been in
inclusive at best while some studies
showed small positive results others
showed no statistical
significance Skeptics argue that the
success rates could be due to
statistical anomalies rather than any
real psychic
abilities Dr Charles honorton one of the
leading proponents of the ganzfeld
experiment even admitted that while the
findings were intriguing they weren't
definitive without consistent replicable
results Skeptics argue that the evidence
just isn't there so even when they set
up the tests as scientifically as
possible it's still just a shot in the
dark that's not very reassuring if we're
hoping to find solid
proof finally Skeptics often point out
that techniques like cold reading where
someone makes General statements that
could apply to almost anyone can't mimic
the results of remote viewing Dr Ray
Hyman describes Cold reading as a way
for people to pick up on subtle cues or
project their own thoughts into vague
descriptions leading them to believe
they're seeing something specific when
it's really just broad
speculation so what we end up with is a
situation where viewers may not be
seeing anything extraordinary instead
they're relying on General Impressions
that they or those interpet their
results turn into something more
concrete than it really
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is so is remote viewing real well
there's no shortage of experts who argue
that it isn't from inconsistent results
to psychological explanations and self-
delusion the scientific Community
remains largely unconvinced while the
stories are fascinating and there are
certainly some surprising cas cases
remote viewing hasn't yet passed the
rigorous standards of reproducibility
and evidence that science demands guess
it's back to the drawing board or maybe
just a clearer view of
reality but here's the thing even if
remote viewing isn't a science the
Mysteries the stories and the
possibilities it raises keep us
wondering and that's what makes this
topic so endlessly intriguing there's a
part of us that wants to to be true even
if we know the odds aren't in its favor
or maybe we just like a good story to
keep things
interesting either way folks remote
viewing has captivated Minds for decades
Believers and Skeptics alike can agree
on one thing the human mind is
remarkable and a mysterious thing thank
you for joining us on this journey
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keep exploring keep questioning and know
know that you are truly appreciated
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