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  institute a form of amnesia that helps to preserve secrecy."
  [p. 84]
According to this culturally accepted purely physiological model,
we can sleep more safely at night, for the clever space aliens,
we are told, are not at all mysterious goblins of seemingly
omnipotent power and dubious intent but merely some curious
scientists (just like our very own scientists!) whose clumsy
bedside manner has perhaps suffered a bit in lieu of the noble
scientific pursuits of these lovable li'l techno-nerds from the
stars.
"But wait just a minute here, Brother Blue!" you say, quickly
snapping out of the spell of complacency so insidiously cast upon
you by such magickal incantations as:
 o  the optic neural pathways
 o  the optic chiasma
 o  the lateral geniculate body
 o  the primary visual cortex
 o  the secondary visual cotrtex
 o  the occipital lobes
 o  the parietal and temporal lobes
 o  the hypothalamus
 o  the limbic system
Ah, so you are far too clever to be taken in by such neuro-
linguistic magick!  Too wary to be bamboozled by such bewitching
techno-babble.  So you have seen that the entire superstructure
upon which Dr. Jacobs has built this elaborate facade is
comprised of nothing more than the teetering scaffolding of the
proposed roller-coaster ride down the abductee's "optic nerve."
Unfortunately, as we read on, we shortly discover this candid
admission: "How the aliens engage the optic nerve is, of course,
unclear..."
Oops.
But just for fun here, nay in the very interest of Science
Itself, let us grant this one liberty; this one small
forgiveness.  Let us with great grace and mercy suppose that the
proposed "optic nerve" scenario is accurate.  Let us fasten our
photon belts and see where this exercise takes us.
 "Once joined with the abductee's neural pathways, the alien
  essentially has free reign to do what he wants.  The abductee
  is no longer in control of his own thoughts.  The aliens can
  exercise absolute power over the minds and bodies of the
  abductees.  They can make the abductees think, feel, visualize,
  or do anything the aliens want.
 "But another abductee successfully resisted mental engagement.
  During a recent abduction, Reshama Kamal found that she had
  more muscle control than usual and she used it to prevent a
  neural connection.  She shifted her eyes back and forth rapidly
  while reciting an Arabic religious phrase.  The first alien
  tried to lock into her eyes but could not.  He diverted her
  attention by causing a pain in her head, and he threatened not
  to take her home, but she refused to give in.  Another alien
  took over and increased the threats.  Still she refused to stop,
  although she was getting dizzy moving her eyes back and forth.
  A third alien tried, and then a fourth.  They could not stop
  her from shifting her eyes.  Eventually they gave up and said
  that they would continue the procedure at the next abduction."
What horror is this?!  The friendly space brothers of John Mack
and Richard Boylan have morphed into galactic bullies; our
lovable Albert Einsteins From The Stars have shed their sheepish
schoolboy grins and become before our very eyes Herr Doktor
Mengele!  What horror is this?!
"It's a damn good thing we remembered the 'optic nerve' scam!" we
quietly assure ourselves, for if we can only manage to break free
of the accompanying paralysis long enough, we can jiggle our eye
balls real fast and stymie that godawful MindScan.  Our heroine,
Reshama Kamal, does just that and -- lo and behold! -- the
diabolical plans of the malevolent space alien Scientists are
foiled by the very Science they worship and serve!
Yes, Science is once again the hero; it has proven to be the
Modern Messiah we had all hoped it would be.  Hurrah!  Science
has saved the day!
Yet there is that one troublesome detail which -- even despite
his admittedly anti-Svengali-ish technological/physiological bias
-- Dr.
Jacobs left in the puzzle.  Why did Ms. Kamal feel compelled to
recite an Arabic religious phrase during the parasitic abduction?
This oddly out-of-place detail simply does not fit into the rigid
test tube of our Scientific model, no matter how desperately we
attempt to mash it into place.
Like fingernails on the blackboard, it cries aloud in a cacophony
of discordant noise; relieving itself like Schroedinger's cat all
over our pretty white labcoats!  How DARE it profane our
carefully crafted Scientific model so arrogantly!  Like that one
black sheep in the family; that solitary stale Milk Dud in the
package of chocolate pleasure, spinning deosil to the widdershins
way of Club Scientism's doctors of spin, it simply refuses to be
silenced.
Yea, it cries out to us, and we must needs listen to those cries.
What, then, are we to make of this obnoxious detail?  This one
single bit of hopelessly unScientific superstition?  For it is
this one insignificant detail which may topple our entire house
of Scientific cards if we're not careful.  But examine it we
must, for we are Scientists!  Unlike our primitive, superstitious
ancestors we seek only truth and this truth can be found only by
employing the Scientific Method to our research.
Like those of old who gazed upon the Medusa and were turned to
stone, so we of this Scientific New Age are afflicted with
paralysis when we behold the Big Black Eyes of the Space Alien
Scientists.  Let us then use this very Science against them.  Let
there be experiments!
1) Let (s)he who is about to be MindScanned simply close their eyes
   or otherwise divert their gaze.  Does this stop the process
   consistently?
2) Let (s)he who is about to be MindScanned try to break free of
   the paralysis by:
   a) a sheer act of will; first moving the little finger... etc.
   b) resisting the parasites on every level
   c) calling out to their God for help
   Are any of these methods consistently effective?
Yea, let there be Scientific Experiments, my Brethren!  And then
let us share what we have learned, so that all may benefit
thereby!
Amen and Amen;
-Brother Blue, B:.B:.
 Metaphysickal Scientist
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