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Brain, Mind and Consciousness Society

The Brain, Mind and Consciousness Society is a group started at the University of California Santa CruzGo Banana Slugs! in 2011 with several thousand members spanning the South Bay Area. Ostensibly a "cognitive science" group, the Society promotes a host of New Age woo including spiritualism,http://www.brainmindconsciousness.org/node/44, quantum woo"BMC Class 2013: Relativity, Quantum Physics and Modern Cosmology (David Shugar) PART 1". YouTube. 10 April 2013. Retrieved on 5 October 2015. chakras"BMC Conference - Empath". YouTube. 7 May 2013. Retrieved on 5 October 2015.and the work of Deepak Chopra and Masaru Emotohttp://www.brainmindconsciousness.org/archive as well as many other varieties of pseudoscience. The Brain, Mind and Consciousness Society is best described as a hippiehttp://thewimzy.com/calendar/2013-02-17-010000-2013-02-17-100000/ucsc-consciousness-carnivale group, and most prominently advocates for other ways of knowinghttp://www.brainmindconsciousness.org/node/29 through the consumption of hallucinogenic drugshttp://www.brainmindconsciousness.org/node/42 as well as skepticism about the nature of empiricism and the scientific method."bmcradio". SoundCloud. Retrieved on 5 October 2015. This group is closely associated with Esalen and other New Age groups. Students be warned!
==See also==
* Other ways of knowing
* Noetic science
* Esalen
==References==
Category:New Age
Brainiac: Science Abuse

Brainiac: Science Abuse is a TV "science" show.It's called "Science Abuse" for a reason. It was presented for its first four series by Richard Hammond, of Top Gear fame, and was initially designed to bring real interest back to science. It did this primarily by removing the science and replacing it with large breasts and explosions.
Although initially fun and almost accurate, as the series progressed, it concentrated even less on the science and more on the abuse. The episodes quickly became nothing more than a string of explosions held together by Hammond explaining how dangerous they were.
==Accusations of fraud==
===Alkali metals===
It is a well known fact that alkali metals (lithium to cesium) increase in reactivity going down Group 1 of the periodic table. To demonstrate this, teachers often mix them with water to show a faster reaction from lithium to potassium. Rubidium and cesium, the two least common of the stableFrancium is produced synthetically and is terribly radioactive, thus inaccessible outside a laboratory environment. alkali metals are highly reactive, often being held under inert argon atmospheres to prevent them reacting with moisture in the air. The experiment shown on Brainiac attempted to show rubidium and cesium reacting even more violently.
Due to numerous reasons,Theodore Gray's site - with the most awesome periodic table and a penchant for blowing !@#$%^&* up cesium and rubidium will not produce dramatic explosions. The amount of hydrogen gas (which is the primary cause of the "explosions" not the actual reaction) produced per gram of metal rapidly decreases down Group 1. Thus, the higher mass metals will not produce a dramatic reaction even though the reaction is intense and these metals will readily react with water vapor in the air.You treat them with care because they're expensive and you don't want them dissolving in your hand, do you? It turns out that in reality, the biggest bang comes from good old common sodium, rather than the more exotic and expensive materials. Brainiac producers decided to screw the real, interesting science and present their audience with, not a metal induced explosion but a conventional one produced by regular special effects pyrotechnics. In fact, if you slow it down and look closely enough, you can see the detonator wires going into the bathtub.Thunderf00t - Brianiac alkali metals were faked
===Ben Goldacre gets his science on===
Noted blogger and columnist Ben Goldacre brought the frauds to the attention of the media throughout 2006 after being contacted by someone working on the show. Despite Goldacre's letters and calls to Sky TV, they refuse to comment which experiments have been faked.BadScience.net
==See also==
*MythBusters - They repeated the alkali metals experiment and showed undramatic results.
==Notes==
==References==
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Brandenburg Test

The Brandenburg Test is a legal framework used to determine whether or not free speech can be limited in cases where it stands to incite violence or crime. It replaced the "clear and present danger" test established by the 1919 Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States.
According to the Brandenburg Test, the government may legally prohibit speech if:
# Speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action" and
# Speech is "likely to incite or produce such action"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/brandenburg_test
==Brandenburg v. Ohio==
The Brandenburg Test was established in 395 U.S. 444 (1969), Brandenburg v. Ohio.
In this case, Clarence Brandenburg, a rural Ohio KKK leader was appealing a $1000 fine and prison sentence. He was charged with:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/395/444
All this is to say that the guy advocated for "revengeance" against the usual cast of characters targeted by racists. According to the state of Ohio, advocating for revenge against these groups of people constituted a criminal act. The United States Government thought otherwise, since it didn’t advocate for imminent action.
==Aftermath==
Since Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), the Brandenburg Test has been accepted by proponents of free speech as protecting America’s First Amendment right. It is often cited as an "unfortunate price of freedom".
==See also==
*Schenck v. US
*Ku Klux Klan
*The Daily Stormer
==References==
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Branton Files

The Branton Files are a series of documents on various conspiracy theories published by Bruce Alan DeWalton (or Bruce Alan Walton) under the pseudonym Branton (Bruce Alan (De) Walton) in 1999 and 2000. The material covered ranges from UFOs, Hollow Earth, subterranean bases, a cosmic war in heaven with some reptilians and German time travel experiments. 
==Identity and biography==
"Branton" claims to a CIA agent who was "electronically induced with an alternative personality which was "programmed" to serve the CIA Black Projects and the Bavarian-Gray collective. In this alternate or "double life" he had access to several underground bases, and has apparently encountered several alien groups as well."About Branton
More likely, "Branton" was former Mormon and Utah-based writer Bruce Allan DeWalton. Branton claims to have had "emotional and psychological disabilities", which he attributes to malevolent aliens. Branton claims to have been in his thirties when he wrote the files.
==Beliefs==
===Aliens and the war in heaven===
The driving force that animates most of Branton's conspiracy theories is the cosmic "war in heaven", between various alien factions. The factions are:
*The United Federation, who are human and therefore good.
*The Draconian Empire, which are reptilian and therefore evil.
*The non-aligned "Ashtar-Bavarian Command".Dreamland in the Rockies This war is occurring on Earth in a system of underground tunnels called "dreamland". Branton claims all of these groups have secret bases and human contact groups on Earth. 
===Jesuit Illuminati Freemasons ===
Branton believes that the Illuminati was created by the Jesuits. What is his evidence? Here:The secrets of the Mojave, page 2
In reality, the sole connection Weishaupt has to the Jesuits is... he attended a Jesuit school, and took a position previously only held by Jesuits.
Freemasonry, is of course, a creation of the Jesuits:
And of course, the Jesuits secretly work for the Draconian Empire.
==Publications==
* A Guide to Inner Earth
* Mount Shasta, Home of the Ancients
* The Dulce Wars: Underground Alien Bases and the Battle for Planet Earth
== External links ==
*Official website.
*Extensive collection of Branton's work.
*The Branton files at David Icke's forum.
*The Branton files at Above Top Secret. 
==Notes==
==References==
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Bread and circuses

Bread and circuses (from the Latin panem et circenses) is when an authoritarian politician stays in power by distracting the sheeple with trivialities so that they do not realize that the government is screwing them over. Often, this tactic works. The phrase was coined by the Roman satirist Juvenal.
Examples include the use of gladiatorial games (and the eponymous chariot races) in Ancient Rome, dictatorial elections (where there is only one person on the ballot, and it's the incumbent), and appeals against the so-called "war on religion" during times of economic distress. A fictional example is the titular competition in the recent dystopian novel series the books go so far as to name their fictitious regime "Panem", straight out of the original Latin. Other examples include the 1975 dystopian film Rollerball, which also has a gladiatorial theme, and Oceania's society as described in Nineteen Eighty-Four, where the Proles are fed with junk entertainment mass-produced by the Ministry of Truth and bad beer.
==All out of bubblegum==
Many conspiracy theorists, such as Alex Jones, Alan Watt, and Mark Dice, often argue that the Illuminati/global elite is responsible for using sports, music, film, and other forms of entertainment as modern day bread and circuses. This is being done to distract the sheeple from their deviant plans to form a one world government and to then kill 80%, or 90% (depending on which moron you're listening to) of the world's population.
In 2010 and 2012, Dice boycotted the Super Bowl for this very reason, and cited the fact that the founder of the NFL, Walter Camp, was a Skull & Bones member, and used this as "evidence" that it is an "Illuminati created distraction"!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NalWbK_2gPo&feature=youtu.be
Granted, one only has to look as far as borderline-conservative-propaganda shite like God's Not Dead and Sound of Freedom to see the grain of truth in these half-baked theories.
==See also==
*Facebook
*Conspiracy theories
==References==
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Breast thermography

Breast thermography has been promoted by CAM clinics as a breast imaging technique for cancer screening. This is not scientifically validated. The American Cancer Society says:
Initial studies found it to be less useful than either mammography or clincal examination,Thermography, Mammography, and Clinical Examination in Breast Cancer, Radiology vol 122 January 1977, 123-127 doi:10.1148/122.1.123 and skeptics have noted that sites promoting breast thermography carry the "quack Miranda warning" that claims have not been evaluated by the FDA.Oprah’s buddy Dr. Christiane Northrup and breast thermography: The opportunistic promotion of quackery, David Gorski, Science Based Medicine Health Canada has issued "cease and desist" orders to clinics offering breast thermography as a claimed cancer diagonstic.Clinics ordered to stop 'useless' breast cancer tests, CBC, Nov 27 2012 Scott Gavura of the Science Based Pharmacy blog describes breast thermography as "worse than useless" based on currently available evidence.Thermography: Worse than useless, Scott Gavura, Science Based Pharmacy, 28 Nov 2012
The FDA has issued a public warning notice stating that breast thermography is not an alternative to mammographyFDA Safety Communication: Breast Cancer Screening - Thermography is Not an Alternative to Mammography, FDA, June 2, 2011 and has ordered Joseph Mercola to stop making excessive claims for thermography.Joseph Mercola, Quackwatch
Thermography is promoted by Mercola, CANCERactive, NaturalNews, Christiane Northrup and other known cesspits of disinformation.
The Wikipedia articles on and were both started by user Philiphoekstra. This is in facthttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BreastCancerRightSamplel.jpg Dr Philip Hoekstra, director of FirstSense Medical, a manufacturer of breast thermography equipment, who is a proponent of breast thermography for cancer screening and whose work is endorsed by the likes of Debby Bruck. Sadly the FirstSense Medical device is currently under development and is not available for sale within the United States or any other country.Management team, FirstSense Medical
==References==
Category:Alternative medicineCategory:Cancer woo
Brian Deer

Brian Deer, an investigative reporter for the Sunday Times, has become best known for his work on investigating issues around the MMR/autism controversy, specifically related to the work of the now-discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield. Deer's investigation into Wakefield
Popularised in The Doctor Who Fooled the World, Brian Deer (Scribe UK, 2020) ISBN ‎978-1911617808.
was instrumental in getting the UK's General Medical Council in 2007 to launch a formal inquiry into Wakefield, leading to them striking Wakefield from the medical register in 2010.
Deer's investigations revealed in 2004 that Wakefield's research that led to Wakefield's 1998 paper in The Lancet was funded by the Legal Aid Board as part of a civil suit and that a number of the children he studied were litigants in said suit.Timeline: How the Andrew Wakefield MMR vaccine scare story spread, The Independent
A 2004 television documentary led to Wakefield suing Deer for libel in the UK, a case which Wakefield later dropped. Articles Deer wrote for The BMJ in 2011 led to Wakefield suing Deer for libel in Texas in 2012. The judge dismissed this suit for lack of jurisdiction.
Deer has also investigated other medical controversies, including (rofecoxib).
==External links==
*Brian Deer's 2004 exposé film on Andrew Wakefield
==References==
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Category:Anti-vaccination movement
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Brian Inglis

Brian Inglis was an Irish journalist, parapsychologist, spiritualist and pseudoscience author.
Inglis had interests in the paranormal, and alternative medicine. He was also interested in Lamarckian evolution. In his book The Hidden Power (1986), he invoked a conspiracy theory that the scientific community are suppressing evidence for mediumship and psi.Terry Hamblin. (1986). The Paranormal Defended. British Medical Journal. Volume 293. p. 1003 His books had a tendency to reject naturalistic explanations for any alleged paranormal phenomena. 
==Ghost phlegm==
Inglis was one of the very few parapsychologists to take ectoplasm seriously, as he denied it was the product of fraud. His books contain countless errors on the subject of mediumship. In his book The Paranormal: An Encyclopedia of Psychic Phenomena (1986) he claimed that the ectoplasm of Eva Carriere was genuine as it was too big to have been swallowed and regurgitated like the skeptics had alleged. However this was a straw man argument as no skeptic had ever claimed such a thing. Skeptics had pointed out the ectoplasm was made from cardboard and magazine cut-outs (which were found) and were easily hidden in the room by her accomplice Juliette Bisson. Inglis avoided mentioning this, and ignored any evidence of fraud. 
The magician Bob Couttie wrote in his book The Hidden Power that Inglis had deliberately filtered out evidence of fraud against mediums and ignored their confessions. Couttie wrote that Inglis had not familiarized himself with conjurer and magician techniques and was credulous when it came to the subject of mediumship.Bob Couttie. (1988). Forbidden Knowledge: The Paranormal Paradox. Lutterworth Press. p. 24 
==Creationist?==
It's unclear if Inglis was a creationist, but he did give an anti-evolution book by the old earth creationist Michael Pitman a positive review.The Spectator. (1984). Volume 253. F.C. Westley. p. 43 He also supported Rupert Sheldrake's ideas and defended non-Darwinian evolutionary mechanisms such as Lamarckian inheritance.The Spectator. (1981). Volume 247. F.C. Westley. p. 22
Inglis was a close friend to Arthur Koestler and they established the KIB Society (with Tony Bloomfield) to sponsor paranormal research (which was later renamed The Koestler Parapsychology Unit).
Some of his books have been republished by White Crow Books a spiritualist publishing company co-owned by Michael E. Tymn.
==Publications==
*Coincidence: a Matter of Chance — or Synchronicity? (London: Hutchinson 1990)
*The Hidden Power (London: J.Cape 1986)
*The Paranormal: An Encyclopedia of Psychic Phenomena (London: Paladin 1986)
*Natural and Supernatural (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1978)
==References==
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Brian O'Leary

Brian O'Leary (1940-2011) was a NASA scientist-astronaut,This was a specific title for people whose job was not to fly spacecraft, but perform research in them. Later, this became the "Mission Specialist" position in the Space Shuttle program. recruited as a member of the sixth astronaut group in August 1967. He resigned a year later without ever flying in space.
He appeared in Fox TV's 2001 "documentary" Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?, which re-ignited public interest in the Moon landing hoax claims. His interview during the show appears to support the hoax claim; later, it turned out that he had been quoted out of context.http://www.clavius.org/oleary.html
In his later years, he became an advocate of the free energy suppression conspiracy theory.An example book of his He believed that we have been visited by aliens and claimed to have detailed knowledge of their technology, something to do with toroids.https://youtu.be/yO0T05kQkbs
O'Leary relocated to Vilcabamba, Ecuador in 2008 to found the Montesuenos retreat together with his wife, artist Meredith Miller. He died there of intestinal cancer in 2010.
==External links==
*Brian O'Leary's biography at NASA's Johnson Space Center website
*Official website
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Brian Ruhe

Brian Ruhe is a Canadian lay-Buddhist teacher, author, a much more devout conspiracy theorist, and an all-around creepy guy.You didn't misread the title…
Ruhe has been teaching Buddhist meditation since 1997. However, his teaching agreement contract was not renewed at British Columbia's Capilano University when his Holocaust denial and interest in historical revisionism were discovered by his students. He of course states that ' I was Fired!'.Adolf Hitler admirer upset Capilano University turfed him as Buddhist meditation instructor Ruhe has a self-proclaimed interest in "World War II revisionist history", which is really just code for Holocaust denial. Some have also labeled him an "Adolf Hitler admirer",Adolf Hitler admirer upset Capilano University turfed him as Buddhist meditation instructor which isn't far from the truth at all."A Spiritual View of Adolf Hitler" Published on Jul 31, 2014 He has made numerous videos on YouTube detailing his delusions, which include a Nazi heaven in Buddhist cosmology,NAZI Heaven Siddhartha would be proud! UFOs and aliens,Ruhe talking about UFOs or something ghosts and psychic woo,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzkftMoUkfE] and an international Jewish conspiracy.According to Führer Brian Ruhe, gay pride parades are a tool of international Jews He frequently claims that all he is doing is mixing Buddhism with his "geopolitical views" as he speaks prominently about himself in third-person. Ruhe has recently begun showing up at LGBTQ and anti-Trump rallies, alone and dressed like Dr. Mengele. Once confronted he tends to ask 'Hows my hair?' and then lift his arm in a Nazi salute. All the while an undercover Asian associate films the events from afar.
In his early days, Ruhe was a monk in Thailand. He claims he left the monastic life, although some have suggested he may have been expelled due to his views, as he was only ordained for a year. He has since given lectures on Buddhism at colleges and on the Internet, however, he may not be a very reliable source of information, as he believes was created by a demon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj8ROh7dyHE
==External links==
* Does every crank need to have their own website?
* The Brian Ruhe Show on Bitchute
* A View on Buddhism's list of cranks
* Brian Ruhe cringe compilation video made by Sinead McCarthy (Samples of his worst moments)
==References==
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Brigham Young

Brigham "Bring ‘em" Young was a Mormon spiritual leader and American politician who took over the main branch of the Church of Latter Day Saints after the death of Joseph Smith, Jr. in Carthage, Illinois. After becoming the second President and Prophet, Young led the Mormons to the American West and founded Salt Lake City, which would become the capital of Utah and the de facto capital of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. His force of personality kept the Mormons together in the face of adversity, and kept them from going the way of many other religious movements born in the same era. 
Young was a racist and is credited as being the person in early LDS history who instituted the policy of barring blacks from the priesthood.Signature Books Library Yes, the University is named after him, "in his honor" so to speak.
==Searching for meaning==
Brigham Young was born in Vermont to a poor family. Before he married, he became a Methodist, but insisted on a full-immersion Baptism.Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, John G. Turner ISBN: 978-0-674-04967-3 His independent streak made him ill-fitted for the regimented life of Methodism, and he became attracted to an offshoot of Methodism mixed with peculiar notions from the mind of one Joseph Smith, Jr. This group was known as "The Church of Jesus Christ" at the time.
==After Smith==
When Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed in Carthage, the "Council of 12" was left in disarray. Brigham Young became the de facto leader by virtue of his seniority and fearsome mien. Shortly after Brigham Young's ascendency, he was made the Second President and Prophet in law, as well as spirit.
==The Mountain Meadows massacre==
Brigham Young was believed to be at the heart of a conspiracy that killed 120 settlers headed for California.The Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 and the Trials of John D. Lee: An Account He was never tried.
==Political career==
Brigham Young was appointed as Governor of the Utah Territory in 1851.Utah & Salt Lake City -1851, Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum The wall of separation between church and state is more like a hedgerow in Utah.
==See also==
*Polygamy
*Theodemocracy
*Brigham Young University
==References==
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