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The men who stare at goats
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More importantly, there's Operation Stargate, which was the original Stargate, not the new Stargate. So the AI thing Trump was doing was Stargate. Are you familiar with the Men Who Stare at Goats, the original Stargate project?
The best things said about it
I'll mention there's a funny scene in the in the movie the men who stare at goats so luke mentioned the men who stare at goats.
So apparently, have you seen that movie, The Men Who Stare at Goats? I read the book a long time ago.
Why people recommend it
The Men Who Goats by Jon Ronson is a non-fiction investigation into the United States military's bizarre historical experiments with psychic powers, paranormal research, and psychological operations. On Timcast IRL, Tim Pool and Luke Rudkowski repeatedly referenced the book and its film adaptation while discussing unconventional intelligence programs, such as Operation Stargate, and alleged government research into reality-bending technology. Pool noted that the 2004 text documents real-life attempts by military personnel to harness paranormal phenomena and psychological techniques for combat and espionage. The hosts utilized the work to contextualize strange historical defense initiatives and speculative technology claims, often blending discussion of the book's journalistic findings with broader commentary on intelligence agencies and secret state projects. Ronson's investigation tracks a strange subculture within the military-industrial complex that sought to weaponize new-age philosophies and psychic phenomena, resulting in a narrative that exposes the often absurd intersections between bureaucratic ambition, fringe science, and military strategy during the Cold War era and beyond.
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Tim Pool More importantly, there's Operation Stargate, which was the original Stargate, not the new Stargate. So the… 2
“More importantly, there's Operation Stargate, which was the original Stargate, not the new Stargate. So the AI thing Trump was doing was Stargate. Are you familiar with the Men Who Stare at Goats, the original Stargate project?”
“actually luke's made references to the men who stare at goat several times are you familiar with that that story i've seen it like a million years ago but yeah so it was actually a non-fiction book i think in 2004 about this like program they did they tried doing psychological psychology operations the jedi and stuff like that”
Luke Rudkowski i'll mention there's a funny scene in the in the movie the men who stare at goats so luke mentioned the men… 1
“i'll mention there's a funny scene in the in the movie the men who stare at goats so luke mentioned the men who stare at goats”
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“So apparently, have you seen that movie, The Men Who Stare at Goats? I read the book a long time ago.”
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“where um the news broke that the CIA had been studying ESP and trying to do remote viewing. What Ronson was talking about in the men who stare at goats.”
“featured prominently in both the movie and the book The Men Who Stare at Goats work directly for General stubblebine when the general resigned Army intelligence or excuse me redesigned Army intelligence back in the early 80s”
“I just remembered I wrote a book a few years ago about psychopaths called the psychopath test. And a a psychopathic trait is that like if somebody kills somebody in a bar, they would say, "Well, it's his fault for looking at me funny."”
“then when i wrote the minister at goats he liked me again because he felt that i was like it's kind of like a bit of a the minister of ghosts is kind of like a conspiracy book in a way right”