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- From: met48546@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Marc E. Talbot)
- Subject: Re: Dr. Beter AUDIO LETTER #60 of 80
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:55:41 GMT
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- As a physics student, I'd like to point out that much of the
- technology described in this letter is very unrealistic. Does
- whoever's posting this stuff really believe it?
-
- Several points:
- 1. Someone a couple weeks ago asked where Beter actually made any predictions
- that were wrong in his letters. One might point to his predicting that Reagan
- would be removed from office and replaced with the "Bolshevik" Bush (Beter
- distinctly said that we would be told Reagan was ill or dead).
- 2. This stuff about planting underwater missiles around the US. What's the
- point? Both US and Soviet submarines have been more than capable of launching
- very effective first strikes at each other. What would be the point of putting
- more missiles off-shore, especially in places where you can't guard them? It
- doesn't make any sense from a military point of view.
- 3. If we were installing underwater missiles, and the public was being told
- that we were drilling for oil, don't you think one of the "drillers" would
- have talked by now? Think of the number of people that would have to have
- been involved. How do you silence all of them.
- 4. This electro-gravitic cosmosphere thing. Does Beter give any more
- specific details in another of his letters? I generally don't read them,
- but I had a little extra time today. I find it hard to believe that the
- Soviets would/could discover some physical principal that is so TOTALLY
- revolutionary, and then not put it into use in industry. Most non-explosive
- technology developed for/by the military has a wide range of uses in
- industry. You'd think that a country that was in as bad shape as the USSR
- would have been eager to introduce new technology into industry. If they
- were holding out for military purposes, why wouldn't they start using it now
- that they are less threatened militarily? Why wouldn't they sell this
- technology to the US? Our government would pay a fortune for it.
- Another thing, I've met a number of Soviet physicists (although I've never and
- certainly won't degrade myself by asking about this cosmoshere thing :-)).
- When they come to our research facilities, the thing that has always amazed
- them was our computer technology. They are at least a good 10 years behind
- us right now (which is quite a ways when we are talking about chip technology).
- The frightening thing is that their missile systems are controlled by these
- same computers...
-
- BTW, someone asked this before, and I don't think they got an answer.
- What would it take for those who believe Beter to change thier minds about
- him? What sort of evidence is acceptable if I were to make a serious
- attempt to convince you he was either nuts or a good story-teller?
-
- Marc Talbot
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