US Govt mind control tests cause on air gibberish?

[applecorped]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372538/Are-government-microwave-mind-control-tests-causing-TV-presenters-brains-melt-down.html

"A bizarre spate of television presenters dissolving into on-air gibberish has sparked claims that the U.S. military could be to blame.

In four high-profile cases, the latest involving fast-talking Judge Judy, the presenters have started off speaking properly but have then descended into undecipherable nonsense - looking confused and unstable.

The frequency of the 'attacks' - and the fact that recorded examples of the mental meltdowns have been popular on websites - has led to conspiracy theorists pointing the finger at shadowy government experiments."


Well, I think that blurg bipper nop gurp orf don nup.

[LightinDarkness]

I'm sure there is a name for this:

Finding occurrences of what one believes to be unusual phenomena and then using the fact that you found a few cases of the phenomena as evidence that (1) its never happened before or (2) is somehow increasing in frequency or (3) that all of the "unusual" events have a common cause. Even though neither (1), (2), nor (3) are true.

The biggest comparison I can make to this, the latest circle jerk of the conspiracy community, is to relate it to the whole "birds dropping out of the sky" woo that went global earlier this year. Birds drop out of the sky dead for many reasons. I also understand that since they are often following a leader, if that leader is sick and plummets to the ground some might follow and depending on high up they are it may be to late before they realize their demise. The point is that there was no unifying cause and it wasn't unusual that animals were dying together en masse, it was all normal (99.9999% did not, after all), but the CT nutters went crazy looking to somehow blame the government or a cabal for it.

The same thing is true here. People on TV read prompters, if they have to talk fast they will read whatever is on there no matter if it makes no sense. Mistakes occur on the part of the people putting the words into the prompter. People not on prompters (ala Judge Judy) still twist their words. Its even happened to me before - I've opened my mouth to say something and what comes out is a string of gibberish. Does that mean I'm the victim of a government cabal? No, it means I too am human and subject to "brain farts."

But instead of these rational explanations, what they'll do next is keep scouring the Internets and ignore that although 99.999% of the time this doesn't happen, when they keep finding a few cases of people talking gibberish on TV it will be a conspiracy (it already is, really).

[Sledge]

Would this nefarious scheme explain the gibberish Dubya and his administration came out with for eight years?

[SanityGap]

Claims of people talking gibberish from the Daily Mail. Dictionary definition of irony.

[Sword_Of_Truth]

The British tabloid, The Daily Mail tries on the latest aluminum head fashions (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372538/Are-government-microwave-mind-control-tests-causing-TV-presenters-brains-melt-down.html) in response to a recent round of on-air breakdowns by TV reporters.

Are U.S. government microwave mind-control tests causing TV presenters' brains to melt down?

A bizarre spate of television presenters dissolving into on-air gibberish has sparked claims that the U.S. military could be to blame.

In four high-profile cases, the latest involving fast-talking Judge Judy, the presenters have started off speaking properly but have then descended into undecipherable nonsense - looking confused and unstable.

The frequency of the 'attacks' - and the fact that recorded examples of the mental meltdowns have been popular on websites - has led to conspiracy theorists pointing the finger at shadowy government experiments.

A popular theory being circulated online blames the U.S. Military’s supposed research into using microwaves as a mind control weapon.

America has never admitted conducting such research but proponents say the effects - produced by microwave signals stimulating the brain with fake images and voices - exactly mimic those displayed in the recent on-air breakdowns.

As to why the Pentagon might be targeting U.S. television presenters, the microwave theorists are less clear.

With local and national TV in both the US and Canada producing thousands of hours a week of people just talking to the camera, I wonder if the tinfoilers are capable of understanding that a series of minor incidents like this occurring within a month of each other is actually quite high?

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Well, this certainly explains FOX. :(

[Cl1mh4224rd]

And after I bought my most recent car, I suddenly started noticing a lot more cars of that make and model on the road. Perhaps myself and others had become victims of one of these military mind-control operations. :tinfoil

[Trent Wray]

"Google Syndrome"

[WildCat]

The US government turned me into a newt!

[Tiktaalik]

I think it's a form of Confirmation Bias, more like Noticing Bias.

I'm waiting for someone to break into a chorus of "Early Morning Singing Song" from Hair...

[twinstead]

The US government turned me into a newt!

But...you don't look like a newt.....

[fromdownunder]

But...you don't look like a newt.....

He got better.

Norm