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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 52 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Remote viewing is like psychics and so?

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It's quite popular amongst that crowd to claim the CIA essentially proved psychic powers were real.

The CIA absolute did investigate and put to use people who claimed to be mediums/psychics/remote viewers but the research was shuttered and discredited.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not before a couple guys had a lot of fun dropping acid though

(And a bunch of people in MK Ultra proper had a significantly less chill time)

[–] gens@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hollywood made a movie "men who stare at goats".

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago
[–] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Was MK Ultra the one where they drugged their own employees or the general population? (or was it both?)

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] ilega_dh@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No thanks I do that operation myself a few times per week

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

You dose people with drugs without consent, then observe and film them having sex with prostitutes?

Everyone needs a hobby I guess

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok, for a second I thought it was that thing IT uses to fix computers.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

we use our psychic powers for that, yes

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

How else would you do it? Duh!