Security World: CoastZone: Science's Limitations

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December 26, 2014 Coast Insider Audio

Science's Limitations:

Alex Tsakiris, interviewer of bestselling authors and world-class academics on his popular science podcast Skeptiko.com was the guest in the first half of Thursday's show. He suggested that science is sorely lacking when it comes to understanding such profound issues as near-death experiences, and parapsychology that would lead us toward self-discovery. Many scientists, he pointed out, take a strictly materialist viewpoint that humans are nothing more than "biological robots" that behave mechanistically, and there is no room for God.

Such limiting stances cause mainstream science to ignore some of the powerful research related to such things as reincarnation, NDEs, and mind-body connections, and they refuse to put serious money and large-scale studies into them, he lamented. Even UCLA psychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz who developed a groundbreaking technique called self-directed neural plasticity to help OCD patients rewire their brains did not receive a positive response in academia, Tsakiris noted.

Power of Prayer:

In the latter half, prayer researcher Bill Sweet presented his conclusions about consciousness, and prayer-- both positive and negative. He spoke about his involvement with Spindrift Research, an organization started by Bruce and John Klingbeil in 1969 to explore the connections between prayer, consciousness,and healing. Interestingly, their lab tests showed that "non-goal-directed prayer," where the intended result is intended to be "what is best for the situation," is typically more effective than "goal-directed prayer," he informed.

Non-goal directed prayer is more advantageous than when a group gets together for a specific result, as there are often unforeseen consequences to specific goals, such as bringing more rain to an area, he detailed. Alas, negative prayer, such as practiced by Islamic terrorists, can also be effective, leading law enforcement organizations and Homeland Security to further investigate the powers of prayer, Sweet reported.

Christmas Greetings:

A variety of C2C guests shared their Christmas greetings throughout the evening, including Whitley Streiber, Kelly Sullivan Walden, and Karen Dahlman, and at the end of the show, George played a recording of Detroit broadcaster Lee Allan's reading of A Letter from Michael.

Today in Strangeness:

Called the scariest movie of all time, The Exorcist premiered on this date in 1973. In 1980, the first night of the Bentwaters UFO incident took place. Multiple witnesses at the UK military base reported seeing a luminous triangular shaped craft, pulsating fog, and strange entities.

Coast to Coast AM Schedule 12.26.14 - 1.1.15:

Here's what's coming in the next week!

Friday, December 26, 2014: Internationally acclaimed medium, paranormal investigator, writer and speaker, Chip Coffey joins Connie Willis (email ) to talk about the world of the paranormal and the common threads which unite anomalous phenomena all over the world. Followed by Open Lines in the latter half.

Saturday, December 27, 2014: Joining host Lisa Garr (email) is Bob Olson , a private investigator, and former skeptic who began investigating evidence of life after death after the passing of his father in 1997. He'll discuss how he decided to use his skills as a private eye to investigate the afterlife, and why he's now a believer that life does not end on planet Earth. First hour guest, meteorologist Scott Stevens talks about weird winter weather patterns, and how weather manipulation may be causing drought.

6-10pm PT: Art Bell - Somewhere in Time returns to 2/16/96 when Art was bombarded with breaking news about a tsunami that struck Indonesia. Nick Begich also appeared, reporting on secret experiments at HAARP.

Sunday, December 28, 2014: 2014 was another wild year for conspiracies, UFOs, and top secret information. Lee Speigel from the Huffington Post, Mark Allin with Above Top Secret, and Alejandro Rojas from Open Minds TV and the UFO Congress in Phoenix will all join George Knapp for a review of the weirdest and most significant news of the past year.

Monday, December 29, 2014: Descended from a long line of Hasidic mystics and rabbis who were famous in Europe for their spiritual teachings and healings, Yitta Halberstam is an established author and speaker in the field of Jewish spirituality. She'll discuss her work documenting examples of deceased relatives intervening with the lives of their living loved ones and visiting them in dreams. She'll also share uplifting stories of human courage and divine intervention during the Holocaust. Hosted by George Noory.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014: First Half: Actress, writer, and stand-up comedian Brett Butler is best known for playing the title role in the comedy series Grace Under Fire . She'll join George Noory in-studio to talk about her work in the entertainment industry and how recovery helped her tune into her psychic ability as a medium and cultivate her interests in UFOs and the paranormal. Followed by UFO and paranormal researcher, Len Kasten, who'll discuss the alleged secret government exchange program with ETs from the planet Serpo. He has chronicled the journey of the Serpo team using the expedition commander's diary and his communications with the US Defense Intelligence Agency's directors, and their contact with a race called the Ebens.

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 : George Noory hosts the long-standing Coast to Coast AM tradition of reading listener predictions for 2014 and recording new predictions for 2015.

Thursday, January 1, 2015: In our New Year's Day tradition, four prognosticators, in separate hours, share their predictions and insights for the new year ahead, and beyond. In order of appearance: psychic Joe Jacobs, numerologist Glynis McCants, prophecy expert John Hogue, and spiritual teacher Vincent Genna. Hosted by George Noory.