Coast To Coast AM 2014.07.14 - Asteroids - Parapsychology

Asteroids - Parapsychology

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Date: 07-14-14
Host: George Noory
Guests: Daniel Durda, Jeffrey Mishlove

In the first half of the program, planetary scientist Daniel Durda discussed how asteroids could benefit
the human race by providing minerals via deep space mining as well as the various scenarios which
could play out if an asteroid impacted the Earth. He posited that, although asteroids contain a number
of precious minerals which would be highly desirable here on Earth, the extensive logistics of mining
in space would make it economically unfeasible to ship the materials back to the planet for use here.
On the contrary, Durda argued that the mining of asteroids will likely flourish once "we have a viable,
working economy out in space" and that the materials would be used for projects taking place off of
the planet. Beyond rare minerals, he also suggested that water will "probably be one of the most
precious resources that we mine from the asteroids."

Regarding the potential dangers facing the planet from an asteroid impact, Durda detailed the degrees
of destruction which would transpire based on the different potential sizes of these incoming objects.
To that end, he explained that a 300-foot asteroid hitting a city would cause a megaton blast which
would lay waste to the urban landscape. Should an object that size hit the ocean, he said, the resulting
tsunami could create even more havoc for numerous cities along the coastline. Furthermore, a
1,500-foot asteroid strike on the planet would likely form a two-mile wide crater and spray deadly debris
far across the landscape. Fortunately, Durda noted, NASA's Spaceguard Survey Project has managed
to identify 90% or more of the potential asteroids which would pose a catastrophic impact event should
they hit the Earth.

In the latter half, parapsychologist Jeffrey Mishlove talked about free will, ESP, and his extensive research
into the "PK Man," Ted Owens, who allegedly possessed psychokinetic powers as a result of a contact with
ETs. On the subject of free will, he observed that the concept presents a paradox because conventional
science does not allow room for self-determination while the legal system holds us responsible for our
actions. "So we live in a world where the major institutions that dominate our lives are in disagreement about
it," Mishlove mused. Based on anecdotal evidence of people avoiding tragic events which would have
befallen them as well as studies that show less than the "normal statistical expectation" for victims when a
disaster or accident occurs, Mishlove surmised that future is not necessarily predetermined and can be
altered as a result of precognition or intuition.

In recounting his decade-long study of Ted Owens, he recalled how the "PK Man" would "tell me, in advance,
of his intention to cause various large scale events" involving the weather and that these "demonstrations"
came to fruition roughly 2/3 of the time. Mishlove shared one instance where Owens promised to end a
drought in California via powerful weather events. Three days after Owens made this contention, Mishlove
said, it both rained and snowed in the region. Additionally, he told the story of how Owens tried to teach his
children how he performed these feats and, while showing them the process, Mount Saint Helens seemingly
spontaneously erupted. Following that, Owens wrote to Mishlove lamenting what happened and declaring that
"I didn't mean to do it!"

News segment guests: Katherine Albrecht & Gerald Celente
Website(s):

boulder.swri.edu/~durda/
intuition.org
uprs.edu
mishlove.com
thinkingallowed.com

Book(s):

Thinking Allowed: Conversations on the Leading Edge of Knowledge
The Pk Man: A True Story of Mind over Matter
The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness Studies