HOW TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD TO THE MARTIANS – MK Ultra, 2017

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HOW TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD TO THE MARTIANS – MK Ultra

Chapter II: MK ULTRA

Mankind has, thus far, had two major wars that involved the majority of humans living on the planet. World War II resulted in a victory of the righteous, but the scientists that fought on the side of the defeated were accepted, as if they were not guilty of their crimes, into other societies, in particular in that of the United States.

The Americans, a people who consider themselves particularly great, especially since the end of World War II, have developed with these scientists an attempt at mind control named MK ULTRA. This code name designates a program of experiments on human subjects, at times illegal even under human laws, designed and undertaken by the United States Central Intelligence Agency and usually used for espionage of other human societies. Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs and proce- dures to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual and force confessions through mind control. In our society, for similar reasons—although actual occurrences are fortunately few with humans—we would use telepathy and mind reading as a much simpler method. Organized through the Scientific Intelligence Division of the CIA, the project was coordinated with the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Army’s Chemical Corps. MKUltra used numerous methodologies to manipulate people’s mental states and alter brain functions, including the surreptitious administration of drugs, espe- cially LSD and other chemicals, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, electroshock, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, as well as other forms of psychological torture.

The reason the Americans developed this project, was to “protect themselves” from their allies in World War II, which is really hard to understand.

Even stranger is that humans have postulated that only ten percent of their brains are used. Reserve energy theories were developed by Harvard psychologists William James and Boris Sidis in the 1890s, who tested the theory in the accelerated raising of child prodigy William Sidis. Later, James told audiences that people only meet a fraction of their full mental potential, which is a plausible claim.If we accept the postulate that only ten percent of the human brain is being used, it is very difficult to understand why the human race—instead of trying to reach and develop the other ninety percent—is trying to destroy the only ten percent that is functioning.

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HOW TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD TO THE MARTIANS – MK ULTRA