WOLFGANG GASSER, Stitching Time in Lichtenstein

From Lichtenstein, courtesy of a fellow I shared a rather confusing series of emails with in January, 2005.

The claim is that every unprejudiced person can transfer information instantaneously over a distance of at least 3 meters by using the pansychistic aspect of elementary particles (see; "the psychon theory" via google). The effect is (by its nature) so fundamental and so strong, that even psychologically strong persons are unable to prevent the effect from occuring in many situations, which are nowadays easily feasible.

In the case of as distance between emitter and receiver of 3m, the reception of a signal by the receiver within 5 nanosecond after emission constitutes a positive result. All other results (e.g. no signal or delay of 10ns or more as predicted by othrodoxy) constitutes a negative result.

Regards,

Wolfgang Gasser

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Dear Mr. Gasser,

Thank you for submitting an application for the JREF Paranormal Challenge.

Although I am having some difficulty understanding the precise nature of your claim, perhaps the cloud of confusion can be dispersed if you answer the following simple, direct question:

HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR CLAIM?

I look forward to your reply. Email is best.

-Kramer, JREF Paranormal Claims Dept.

I have just heard once again from this applicant, this time via email. More confusion. This email did however contain some of the previous emails, which I will add to the archive in the post following this one.

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Hello Mister Kramer,

Four weeks ago I sent by registered post my formal application of the Million Dollar Challenge to you. After having performed the Google search "James Randi Challenge" I'm no longer sure that I'll receive an answer from you because you may feel entitled to simply dismiss my application because my claim is in obvious contradiction to "the physical laws".

"Given uninformed and prejudiced views such as these, the
concern will be that Randi, as sole judge of success, will
never accept that paranormal phenomena have been demonstrated
because his position is that he knows on a priori grounds
that the paranormal is impossible and hence whatever the
claimant has demonstrated must be merely an unexplained trick
of some kind." http://www.alternativescience.com/james-randi.htm

Time intervals in the nanosecond range are nowadays easily measurable with not-too-expensive oscilloscopes. I'd like know whether you accept my application or "run away".

Regards,
Wolfgang Gasser
http://members.lol.li/twostone/E/talkorigins.html

Claim: The claim is that every unprejudiced person can transfer information instantaneously over a distance of at least three meters by using the panpsychistic aspect of elementary particles (see: "the psychon theory", via google). The effect is (by its nature) so fundamental and so strong, that even psychologically strong persons are unable to prevent the effect from occuring in many situations, which are nowadays easily feasible.

In the case of a distance between emitter and receiver of 3 m, the reception of a signal by the receiver within 5 nanosecond after emission constitues a positive result. All other results (e.g.
no signal or a delay of 10 ns or more as predicted by orthodoxy) constitute a negative result.

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Dear Mr. Gasser,

We received your application and sent you a response by US MAIL on Nov. 29 so you may not have received it yet. In my letter, I explained to you that it was difficult to understand what you were claiming to be able to do.

We do not care about your theories, so we will not look at your website. We only care to witness a demonstration of your claim. You did not provide us with any information about what such a demonstration would consist of. You must do this before we can acept your claim.

We assume that your claim has something to so with sending thoughts. Is that so?

-Kramer, JREF Paranormal Claims Dept.

To Randi

Dear Mr. Randi,

I'm not sure whether you don't want to understand or whether you are unable to understand what I'm talking about. If one deals intensively with a topic, then one easily underestimates the complexity of concerning statements as seen from persons not having dealt as intensively as oneself with the topic.

I assume e.g. that Putin is the reincarnation of Stalin. Putin was born on 1952-10-7. Stalin died on 1953-5-3. So during almost seven months, Putin and Stalin were linked inasfar as their existence depended on one and the same soul. Such a dependence is (if actually real as I assume) an emprical, rather easily testable effect which can be called paranormal inasfar as it cannot be explained by materialistic means.

I think there is no doubt that you would accept the existence of obvious psychic links between e.g. a one year old boy and an eighty year old man at different places as a possible application for "The Psychic Challenge". The problem consists only in finding such a pair of persons which depend on the same soul (and in convincing their relatives of testing).

My second proposal is in fact a relatively simple physical- technical experiment. It concerns what often is called faster-than- light (FTL) transmission of information. In any case, the result I expect (transmission of information without delay over a few meters) would constitute a first order scientific sensation. So the deficiency that the experiment pertains rather to what you call 'pseudoscience' than to what you call 'paranormal' is made more than good by the fact that your prize will be remembered as part of a turning point in the evolution of science.

I'd like to hear from you.

Regards,

Wolfgang Gasser

And another...

This one dates back to late 2004/

Hello James Randi,

sorry for answering now, more than six years after your repetitious
reminder-answer to my original question.

The proof of reincarnation is unfortunately not independent of theoretical considerations, but time will show more and more directly that the number of human souls is only around 7 billion. There could however be other possibilities of winning the prize.

It is obvious that probabilistic uphill effects such as ESP or telepathy are easily destroyed by a person like you, because the destruction is only a probabilistic downhill effect. You unconsciously use parapsychological effects in order to manipulate the happenings in your environment so that they can fit in your IMO prejudiced world view.

There are however (at least) two cases where the destruction itself of
telepathic effects constitutes a probabilistic uphill effect, namely:

1) A baby is animated by the same soul as a still living person, so conscious behaviour of one is telepathically linked to conscious behaviour of the other.

2) Easily detectable instantaneous communication between electrons and protons in strong contradiction with current orthodox physics. To call communication between physical particles 'telepathy' makes fully sense in a panpsychistic (better: pandualistic) world view, because the behaviour of elementary particles depends on corresponding primitive souls (monads, psychons).

Especially 2) is nowadays an easily verifiable effect. Electromagnetic fields need 20 nanoseconds for e.g. 6 meter and tact-cycles of computers are in the meanwhile much lower than one nanosecond. So it should be easy to decide whether an information is transmitted according to orthodox physics or according to "electric telepathy".

My question is the following: Would you accept also 2) as an application for your prize if all is stated clearly in advance. Let us assume, the distance between transmitter and receiver is 6 meter. Then no transmission at all or a transmission time of around 20 nanoseconds or longer (as is predicted by orthodox physics) constitutes a negativ result. A transmission time in the order of measurement inaccuracies (far lower than 20 ns) constitutes a positiv result.

So I ask you: Would you accept a scientific proof of reincarnation as 'the demonstration of something supernatural'?

I'd like to hear from you.

Happy New Year,
Wolfgang

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Yes. Absolutely. Give us the scientific proof, and we will award you the million dollars.

Consult the web page <www.randi.org> for details.

-James Randi

Dear Mr. Gasser,

In anticipation of your forthcoming reply to my email of this morning, and having now studied your previous exchanges with James Randi, it is clear to us that your goal is not to provide the demonstration we require, but to extend your longstanding attempts to waste our time by forcing us into pointless debates about your theories.

Please be advised that if your next email does not contain a test protocol proposal that clearly defines the required demonstration of your claim, your application will be rejected, and your file will be closed, permanently.

-Kramer, JREF Paranormal Claims Dept.

A Test Protocol, and a Request for 2 Affidavits.

Dear Mr. Kramer,

thank you for your answer. My claim has to do with the foundations of the physical world view in general (panpsychism instead of materialistic reductionism). As a FTL (faster than light) transmission of information, my claim pertains rather to what you call "pseudoscientific" than to what you call "paranormal".

If've just received your second mail. I can assure you that my goal actually is "to provide the demonstration" you "require". I appologize, if I haven't been sufficiently clear and straightforward in the past.

My claim is very simple and does not presuppose any theoretical knowledge of my or of other theories:

I can construct a special emitter and a special receiver, by which I can transfer an electrically measurable signal without delay over a distance of around 3 meters or more, in complete contradiction with all currently accepted theories.

oscilloscope
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emitter receiver
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< - - - - - - 3 m - - - - - - >

Any (orthodox) physicist will confirm you that it is impossible to transmit a signal from emitter to receiver within less than 10 nanoseconds, because nothing can be faster than light, and light needs (at least) 10 nanoseconds over a distance of 3 m (time = distance / velocity).

With an oscilloscope it is easy to compare the signals of emitter and receiver if one uses two probes of each 1.5 m cable length. The oscilloscope I've
bought: TDS2022

http://www.linktronix.ch/product/pdf/258_TDS1000_2000_E.pdf

The discrimination between "the signal of the receiver occurs (at least) 10 nanoseconds after the signal of emitter" and "the signal of the receiver occurs (almost) at the same time as the signal of the receiver" is "self-evident, and no judging process is required".

I'd like to hear from you again!

Greetings from Liechtenstein,
Wolfgang Gasser

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Dear Mr. Gasser,

Thank you for your reply.

We formally request notarized affidavits from two (2) recognized physicists, in which they state that they observed your proposed demonstration, and that it defies the laws of physics.

Once we receive those two affidavits from you, we will accept your Challenge application and arrange for a preliminary test at a location convenient to you, in Germany, at the earliest possible convenience. Unfortunately, we presently have no associates in Lichtenstein.

I look forward to hearing from you again.

-Kramer, JREF Paranormal Claims Dept.

Dear Mr. Kramer,

what do you mean be "recognized physicists"? Do you accept physicists with a university degree working in the industry or as teachers in higher secondary (Gymnasium) or technical schools? If not, please let me know.

And concerning the location, northern Italy or eastern France could be nearer than northern Germany. I think that at least for the preliminary test, my own oscilloscope could do the job, so there won't be any (substantial) costs for doing the testing on your side.

You'll hear from me again.

Cheers,
Wolfgang Gasser

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Dear Mr. Gasser,

Yes, we will accept any working physicist with a university degree.

To be more clear, we would like you to give one (1) demonstration to two (2) physicists at the same time. This means that you are required to do only one demonstration, and both physicists will have to agree to the results they witnessed together.

This also means that you can submit one notarized affidavit with two signatures on it. I believe this makes it easier and cheaper for you.

We can discuss the location of the actual test once we have received the requested affidavits.

You can certainly use your own oscilliscope, but we would require that it be properly calibrated and tested for accuracy by a qualified expert, prior to the test. I would hope that this would not add any extra expense for you, and that it could be done at the test site immediately prior to testing.

I'm quite sure we'll hear from you again, Mr. Gasser, and I look forward to it.

-Kramer, JREF Paranormal Claims Dept.

P.S. Also, Mr. Gasser, the affidavit must include a concise yet detailed description of the demonstration, with a list of all equipment used during the test, along with notes on the manner in which the signal is being sent (by either pulse or continuous signal), the medium in which the transmission will take place (vacuum or cable), and the actual source of the signal.

Indeed, please do tell us how the signal will be generated. We are quite curious about that.

Please also be advised that at least one of the physicists must have expertise in the use of oscilliscopes, and must be qualified to examine it closely prior to the test, and calibrate it if necessary.