___________________________________________________________________________ | From : KeelyNet BBS | DataLine : (214) 324-3501 | | File Name : SFSE94.ASC | Online Date : 05/22/94 | | Contributed by : Cheyenne Turner | Dir Category : CONTACT | | Sysop : Jerry W. Decker | Voice : (214) 324-8741 | | Co-Sysop : Ronald Barker | Voice : (214) 242-9346 | | KeelyNet * PO BOX 1031 * Mesquite, Texas * USA * 75149 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is the Revised Provisional Program for the 1994 Society for Scientific Exploration Annual meeting. It promises to be an excellent meeting and if you can, we urge you to attend. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration June 8 - 11, 1994 The Sheraton Austin Hotel 500 N. Interstate Highway 35 Austin, TX 78701 USA Telephone: 512-480-8181 * FAX: 512-482-0660 (the Sixth Street exit) To Register with the Hotel A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the special conference rates of $82 per night for a single, $92 per night for a double room, $102 for a triple, and $112 for a quad. Suites are $250. PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN RESERVATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE HOTEL. The Sheraton Austin Hotel is located on historic Sixth Street, only ten minutes from Robert Mueller Airport, and within walking distance of downtown attractions such as the Texas State Capitol and the convention center. To Register for the meeting and banquet The Registration Fee for the meeting will be $80 if paid before May 15 and $100 if paid afterwards. The Society banquet will be held the evening of Friday, June 10; the cost is $30 per person. A no-host welcome reception will be held Wednesday evening, June 8. You should plan on staying through Saturday evening as meetings will be scheduled for that entire day. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIETY FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION 13th Annual Meeting June 9-11, 1994 Austin, TEXAS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, June 8th 2:00 - 5:30 Council Meeting 7:00 - 10:00 Informal Reception --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, June 9th - ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES 9:00 - 9:35 H. Puthoff, "On the Feasibility of Converting Vacuum Electromagnetic Energy to Useful Form" 9:35 - 9:45 Discussion 9:45 - 10:20 B. Haisch, "A Zero-Point Field Origin for the Inertia of Matter and Mach's Principle" 10:20 - 10:30 Discussion 10:30 - 10:50 A. Berezin, B. Dunne & R. Jahn, "A Spin Model of Resonant Interaction Between Consciousness and Its Physical Environment" 10:50 - 10:55 Discussion 10:55 - 11:10 BREAK 11:10 - 11:45 R. Bush, "Cold Fusion: Scientific Curiosity or Millenial Energy Prospect?" 11:45 - 11:55 Discussion 11:55 - 1:30 LUNCH 1:30 - 2:05 E. Mallove, "'Cold Fusion': Heat (and Light) After Death" 2:05 - 2:15 Discussion 2:15 - 2:50 P. Graneau, "Capillary Fusion" 2:50 - 3:00 Discussion 3:00 - 3:15 BREAK 3:15 - 3:50 J. Bockris, "Ultra Low Nuclear Changes in Metals at Texas A&M" 3:50 - 4:00 Discussion 4:00 - 4:20 M. Epstein, "The Critical Role of Analytical Chemistry in the Investigation of Anomalies" 4:20 - 4:25 Discussion 4:25 - 5:00 BUSINESS MEETING 5:00 ADJOURN 6:00 - 10:30 Riverboat Excursion and DINNER -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, June 10th - SCIENCE AND ANOMALIES 9:00 - 9:35 H. Bauer, "Two Kinds of Knowledge" 9:35 - 9:45 Discussion 9:45 - 10:05 P. Sturrock, "The Role of Heresies in Scientific Research" 10:05 - 10:10 Discussion 10:10 - 10:30 J. MacLean (sponsored by ?), "A New Renaissance in the Scientific Method" 10:30 - 10:35 Discussion 10:35 - 10:50 BREAK 10:50 - 11:05 Presentation of the Dinsdale Award 11:05 - 11:50 Dinsdale Lecture, W. Corliss, "The Classified Residuum" 11:50 - 12:00 Discussion 12:00 - 1:45 LUNCH 1:45 - 2:20 M. Truzzi, "PseudoScience, Pathology, or ProtoScience?: Some Descriptive and Prescriptive Reflections on Scientism and Scientific Change" 2:20 - 2:30 Discussion 2:30 - 2:50 A. Apostol (sponsored by B. Rubik), "The Ohio Serpent Mound: An Enigma at the Frontier of Archaelogy and Geology" 2:50 - 2:55 Discussion 2:55 - 3:15 B. Dunne, "Gender Differences in Human/Machine Anomalies" 3:15 - 3:20 Discussion 3:20 - 3:35 BREAK 3:35 - 4:10 R. Westrum, "Finding Out About Battered Children" 4:10 - 4:20 Discussion 4:20 - 4:40 T. Mellett (sponsored by H. Puthoff), "Overcoming the Triple-Nested Narcissism of the Anthropic Principle" 4:40 - 4:45 Discussion 4:45 - 5:05 S. Krippner & M. Persinger, "Enhancement of Accuracy of Telepathic Dreams During Periods of Decreased Geomagnetic Activity" 5:05 - 5:10 Discussion 5:10 ADJOURN 6:30 - 7:00 Reception 7:00 - 10:30 BANQUET --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, June 11th - WATER AND MEMORY 9:00 - 9:35 H. Betz, "Recent Results on Water Dowsing" 9:35 - 9:45 Discussion 9:45 - 10:20 E. Del Giudice, "Inconsistency of the Conventional Theory of Water and Liquids" 10:20 - 10:30 Discussion 10:30 - 10:45 BREAK 10:45 - 11:20 E. Brame, "The Scientific Investigation of Healing Energies Effect on the Structure of Water" 11:20 - 11:30 Discussion 11:30 - 11:50 G. Rein and R. McCraty, (sponsored by ?) "Structural Changes in Water and DNA Associated with New Physiogically Measurable States" 11:50 - 11:55 Discussion 11:55 - 1:45 LUNCH 1:45 - 2:05 M. Schlitz and S. Laberge (sponsored by M. Epstein), "Autonomic Nervous System Detection of Remote Observation" 2:05 - 2:10 Discussion 2:10 - 2:30 R. Nelson, "Renormalizing Effect Sizes in Anomalies Experiments: Arguments for a Time Based Natural Unit" 2:30 - 2:35 Discussion 2:35 - 2:55 S. Savva, "Mind/Body Healing: How to Intergrate it into the Health Care System" 2:55 - 3:00 Discussion 3:00 - 3:15 BREAK 3:15 - 3:35 D. Radin, "Testing Claims of Exceptional Human Abilities: The Case of a Super-Psychic Wannabe" 3:35 - 3:40 Discussion 3:40 - 4:00 Y. Dobyns, "Statistical Consequences of Data Selection" 4:00 - 4:05 Discussion 4:05 - 4:25 S. Jeffers and J. Sloan, "Information, Knowledge and Quantum Mechanics" 4:25 - 4:30 Discussion 4:30 - ADJOURN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KeelyNet (214) 324-3501 is a FREE Alternative Sciences BBS Your file contributions and financial support are much appreciated! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration form for Austin Meeting (from KeelyNet BBS in Dallas) Please return this portion, with a check made out to: The Society for Scientific Exploration, to Charles R. Tolbert Box 3818 University Station Charlottesville, VA 22903 # Amount Early Registration Fee (on or before May 15) $ 80.00 _____ ________ Late Registration Fee (after May 15) $100.00 _____ ________ Society Banquet (Friday, June 10) $ 30.00 _____ ________ (Vegetarian: yes ____ no ____) Total Enclosed ________ Check enclosed: [ ] Charge my credit card as follows: [ ] MasterCard [ ] Visa Card Number : ______________-______________-______________-______________ Expiration Date : _______/_______ Signature : _____________________________ Please Print (or type) Name : _________________________________________________________ Address : _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Telephone : _________________________________________________________ FAX : _________________________________________________________ E-Mail : _________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------