Superstition.
Anxiety in people with weak-character and their irrational fear of the unknown.
Any of the bunk peddled by any of the clergy to *you*, the people of any religion and your cowardly terror of mortality.
Weak, little guys such as Donald J. Trump, Hypocrite-in-chief
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_(literature)
Identification (literature)
From Wikipedia
Identification refers to the automatic, subconscious psychological process in which an individual becomes like or closely associates themselves with another person by adopting one or more of the others' perceived personality traits, physical attributes, or some other aspect of their identity. The concept of identification was founded by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in the 1920’s, and has since been expanded on and applied in psychology, social studies, media studies, and literary and film criticism. In literature, identification most often refers to the audience identifying with a fictional character, however it can also be employed as a narrative device whereby one character identifies with another character within the text itself.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-bill-regulate-armor-piercing-ammunition
https://time.com/archive/6879732/science-looking-for-the-bodies/
Time
Science: Looking for the Bodies
September 20, 1976 12:00 AM EDT
Edgar Rice Burroughs peopled Mars with bosomy princesses and Tarzan-like adventurers. H.G. Wells populated the planet with huge, insectlike creatures. NASA scientists have yet to find either maidens or monsters on the Red Planet, but their epoch-making explorations increasingly suggest that there may be more on Mars than rocks. Though the Viking 1 lander has yet to discover the organic compounds that would enable scientists to say with any confidence that there is life out there, it has sent back evidence that processes usually associated with life on earth also take place on Mars. Says Harold Klein, leader of the Viking biology team: “Mars is telling us something. The question is whether Mars is talking with a forked tongue or giving us the straight dope.”
This week scientists are involved in a new effort to find the answer to this question. Two weeks ago Viking 2 dropped silently out of space and bumped to a landing on Mars’ Utopia Planitia (plains of Utopia), some 4,600 miles east-northeast and almost halfway around the planet from Viking 1 (see map). The landing gave scientists some anxious moments. Shortly after separation from its lander, the Viking 2 orbiter lost its “lock” on the star Vega and began to roll, breaking its contact with mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. But even as engineers worked feverishly to correct the problem with the orbiter, the lander was performing perfectly, coasting through the thin Martian atmosphere to a landing only 32 seconds behind schedule. “It’s a very interesting thing,” commented Viking Project Manager James Martin. “The lander doesn’t seem to need us.”
The first view of Viking 2’s new home, transmitted back to earth the following day, was also a surprise. Scientists had expected from orbital observations that the landing site would be covered with Sahara-like dunes. But the first panoramic pictures showed an area strikingly similar to that occupied by Viking 1: a relatively flat plain, strewn with porous, spongy-looking rocks that seemed as if they might be volcanic in origin and cut by a shallow channel that could have been carved by running water.
Scientists lost no time in studying Viking 2’s new surroundings. With signals that took 21 minutes to traverse the 228,670,000 miles from earth to Mars, they swiveled the lander’s cameras around for a better look at the Utopia site and the planet’s salmon-pink sky, triggered its seismometers so that it could listen for Marsquakes (similar devices on Viking 1 have failed to work) and switched on its weather station instruments.
Exotic Chemistry. But the devices that got the most attention were those in Viking 2’s biology laboratory, the small (1 cu. ft.) package designed to detect life on Mars. This week the lander is to stretch out its robot arm, scoop up a sample of Martian soil and dump it into the minilab, which will repeat the three life-seeking experiments already performed by Viking 1. If the scoop works and all goes according to schedule, the results of these experiments could be in early next week.
They will be awaited eagerly, for the results of the tests already done by Viking 1 have been ambiguous—teasingly hinting at the existence of life, yet failing to find a key element that would help confirm it. In one life-detection experiment, a soil sample that had been dampened with “chicken soup”—a nutrient broth designed to satisfy any Martian microbes’ tastes—released surprisingly large quantities of oxygen. In another test, a sample that was also moistened with a nutrient and incubated released large amounts of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Subsequent reruns of these tests by Viking 1 proved puzzling, however. The production of the telltale gases slumped, and the scientists reluctantly concluded that the reactions they had observed might just as easily have been produced by some sort of exotic extraterrestrial chemistry as by Martian microorganisms.
But an experiment designed to detect photosynthesis—the process by which green plants on earth use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make organic matter—was more encouraging. The data from Viking 1 showed that the Martian soil sample had absorbed carbon from the atmosphere in amounts that could not easily be explained by chemistry alone. When the experiment was performed using a sterilized sample, a much lower level of activity was observed, suggesting that organisms might have been killed. On earth, says Biochemist Norman Horowitz of the California Institute of Technology, this would have been considered “a weak but definitely positive biological signal.” Despite this discovery, scientists are still unwilling to say that there is life on Mars. Viking 1’s sophisticated gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer has yet to detect any evidence of the carbon-based organic compounds that constitute a basic ingredient of life, a fact which argues against its existence. “There’s every sign of life except death,” said a frustrated Klein last week. “Where are the bodies?”
If Viking 2, which has set down in a damper and thus potentially more fertile region of Mars than Viking 1, can find those biological bodies, it would not be a great surprise; Mars, after all, does contain all the elements necessary for the evolution of life. But even if no life is discovered, few scientists are likely to be disappointed, for the Viking mission is providing them with an unprecedented opportunity to examine another world. It has also given them an impetus for intensifying their explorations of Mars. Even as Viking 2 touched down, scientists were considering the possibilities of sending another lander, one able to move around, as Viking 1 and 2 cannot, to Mars during the next decade.
IMDb
Star Wars (1977)
Quotes
Princess Leia Organa: General Kenobi. Years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack, and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
[pause]
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: [to Luke] You must learn the ways of the Force, if you're to come with me to Alderaan.
excerpts, recent reference, must read also:
https://hvom.blogspot.com/2025/02/today-is-02012025-post-4.html
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 10:18 PM
Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home
I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.
If this is the first blog-post by me you're reading then you are galactically uninformed.
Saturday, February 01, 2025
"Metamorphosis" [ Star Trek ]
Original Airdate: Nov 10, 1967
NANCY Hedford, Federation Commissioner: What's happening? I demand to know.
Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/10/1967
Episode Summary
When their shuttle is diverted to a planetoid, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy encounter Earth's Warp Drive pioneer, Zefram Cochrane, who appears to have survived there alone for 150 years.
(from internet transcript)
NANCY Hedford, Federation Commissioner: I heard him. He was loved and he resents it.
Dr. MCCOY: You just rest.
NANCY: No. I don't want to die. I've been good at my job, but I've never been loved. Never. What kind of life is that? Not to be loved, never to have shown love? And he runs away from love. (cries)
From 7/16/1963 ( Phoebe Cates - the world-famous actor AND from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: the United States Army veteran and the Harvard University graduate medical doctor and the world-famous actor and the spouse of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 8/28/1986 ( ) is 8444 days
8444 = 4222 + 4222
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/25/1977 ( premiere USA film "Star Wars" ) is 4222 days
From 11/21/1964 ( premiere USA TV series episode "The Outer Limits"::"The Inheritors - Part 1" ) To 8/28/1986 ( ) is 7950 days
7950 = 3975 + 3975
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/20/1976 ( from Time magazine publication, Science: Looking for the Bodies ) is 3975 days
From 2/14/1969 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Requiem for Methuselah" ) To 8/28/1986 ( ) is 6404 days
6404 = 3202 + 3202
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/9/1974 ( Richard Nixon surrenders and abandons his illegal presence in the United States of America federal White House ) is 3202 days
From 8/13/1982 ( premiere USA film "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" ) To 8/28/1986 ( ) is 1476 days
1476 = 738 + 738
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/10/1967 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Metamorphosis" ) is 738 days
From 11/5/1955 ( the fictional date setting in the 1985 film "Back to the Future" and the date "Dr. Emmett Brown" invents time-travel ) To 8/28/1986 ( ) is 11254 days
11254 = 5627 + 5627
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/30/1981 ( Ronald Reagan, presently 40th President of USA (1981-1989), shot and wounded by gunfire in a near-fatal assassination attempt ) is 5627 days
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-bill-regulate-armor-piercing-ammunition
The American Presidency Project
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States: 1981 ‐ 1989
Statement on Signing the Bill To Regulate Armor-Piercing Ammunition
August 28, 1986
It is a pleasure to be able to sign into law H.R. 3132 to ban the production or importation of the so-called cop-killer bullets, which pose an unreasonable threat to law enforcement officers who use soft body armor. This bill, similar to legislation jointly submitted to the Congress by the Departments of Justice and the Treasury in 1984, recognizes that certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited. Such action is long overdue.
During the 6 1/2 years that I have served as President, I have sought to strengthen law enforcement in this nation and to do everything possible to protect the lives and safety of the dedicated men and women who constitute our first line of defense against the forces of lawlessness. I am pleased, therefore, to sign H.R. 3132 to ban armor-piercing ammunition as this legislation has long had the strong endorsement of our outstanding law enforcement organizations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Sheriffs Association, Fraternal Order of Police, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, National Association of Police Organizations, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, National Black Police Association, National Troopers Coalition, International Union of Police Associations, Police Executive Research Forum, Police Foundation, Police Management Associations, and the Major City Chiefs.
In signing this bill, I want to urge those States and localities that have not acquired body armor for their law enforcement officers to obtain such lifesaving equipment for their officers. The use of soft body armor is credited with saving the lives of more than 600 officers since it was first introduced in the 1970's. An even more important message is the one I have for law enforcement officers: If you have access to soft body armor, please use it. Your lives and safety are too important to risk needlessly. The fabric used in modern soft body armor is truly a miracle fiber, but it is useless if left in the dressing room locker or the trunk of a squad car.
In signing H.R. 3132, I am giving our law enforcement officers my pledge to do everything possible to eliminate the hazard posed by armor-piercing ammunition. Those officers who in the past may have used the threat of armor-piercing bullets as a justification for failing to wear soft body armor should no longer have that excuse. We are doing our best at the Federal level to enhance the safety of police officers but must have the cooperation of the officers themselves to secure the full benefits of this important legislative action.
Note: H.R. 3132, approved August 28, was assigned Public Law No. 99-408.
https://papersofprinceton.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19760920-01.2.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5130103-trump-national-prayer-breakfast-religious-discrimination-task-force-anti-christian-bias/
by me, Kerry Burgess, 01/18/2025 04:10 AM
Another TRUTH that those morons of the religion-superstitions will not read here I have described before in my published notes
Many of those irreligious people are - rightfully - rejecting any of that religion, "spiritual", "karma" nonsense
Not for the right reasons, though
They are rejecting it because of individuals in their past
The mainstream-media often warns of the perverts of the Jesuit Catholic-superstition so it's presumably because of their own personal experiences
They are rejecting individuals, not the superstition nonsense they spew
2024-10-23_2
https://papersofprinceton.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19340618-01.2.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
{by me, Kerry Burgess: Any "God" is mere superstition. You do not have an Imaginary Friend "up there" in the clouds. You do not have an Imaginary Friend that can hear your thoughts as you plead and beg with Him to not hurt you again. Do not believe the lies told to you by any clergy peddling their bunk. "Faith" is meaningless word that is merely their marketing-buzzword because they know you're gullible and naive and you cannot think for yourself and you stopped reading this after the first few words.}
https://www.psychologistworld.com/superstition
Psychologist World
Superstition
How Skinner's pigeon experiment revealed signs of superstition in pigeons.
"They may seem unlikely candidates for psychological analysis, but pigeons have given a revealing insight into how animals, including humans, can be bound by superstition..."
The Superstition Experiment
In the Summer of 1947, renowned behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner published his study on a group of pigeons that showed even animals are susceptible to the human condition that is superstition.
Skinner conducted his research on a group of hungry pigeons whose body weights had been reduced to 75% of their normal weight when well-fed. For a few minutes each day, a mechanism fed the birds at regular intervals. What observers of the pigeons found showed the birds developing superstitious behavior, believing that by acting in a particular way, or committing a certain action, food would arrive.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/radio-address-the-nation-prayer-schools
The American Presidency Project
RONALD REAGAN
40th President of the United States: 1981 ? 1989
Radio Address to the Nation on Prayer in Schools
February 25, 1984
My fellow Americans:
From the early days of the colonies, prayer in school was practiced and revered as an important tradition. Indeed, for nearly 200 years of our nation's history, it was considered a natural expression of our religious freedom. But in 1962 the Supreme Court handed down a controversial decision prohibiting prayer in public schools.
Sometimes I can't help but feel the first amendment is being turned on its head. Because ask yourselves: Can it really be true that the first amendment can permit Nazis and Ku Klux Klansmen to march on public property, advocate the extermination of people of the Jewish faith and the subjugation of blacks, while the same amendment forbids our children from saying a prayer in school?
When a group of students at the Guilderland High School in Albany, New York, sought to use an empty classroom for voluntary prayer meetings, the 2d Circuit of Appeals said, "No." The court thought it might be dangerous because students might be coerced into praying if they saw the football captain or student body president participating in prayer meetings.
Then there was the case of the kindergarten class reciting a verse before their milk and cookies. They said, "We thank you for the flowers so sweet. We thank you for the food we eat.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 12:21 AM Pacific-timezone USA Sunday 02/09/2025
