Reverse Speech - The Mirror in the Door, Pt. 1
by Michael Goodspeed
Summary:
In 1983, Australian researcher David John Oates made a seemingly
unbelievable discovery: when human speech is played backwards,
intelligent phrases can apparently be heard as often as every ten
to fifteen seconds. Decades earlier, some religious personalities
had made a similar, and highly questionable "discovery,"
of alleged "satanic" messages embedded in rock 'n roll
music. Unsurprisingly, many self-styled
"skeptics"
reacted against Oates' claims, labeling it "pseudoscience,"
and asserting that listeners can only decipher purported speech
reversals when prompted by pre-suggestion.
On a personal note, I took an interest in
Reverse Speech after hearing
David Oates on a national radio program over a decade ago. In fact, as
serendipity would have it, my path and David's would cross shortly
thereafter. I began exploring Reverse Speech with the same reservations
as any naturally skeptical thinker. At first glance, the idea of the
brain producing intelligent statements in both forward and "backward"
speech seems implausible, if not impossible. But in reality, the notion may
not be nearly as far-fetched as one might believe. In fact, according to a
study reported in
the journal Nature in 1999, human beings are able to decipher speech
that is played backwards with almost as much ease as natural forward speech.
In this presentation, Oates and I agreed it would be most effective if
we only offered examples of Reverse Speech without "tainting"
the listeners with pre-suggestion. You'll notice that in introducing
the interview, I state that both David and I "know" that
Reverse Speech is real. I urge the listener to not be offended by this
statement. This is a conclusion I came to only after years of intensive,
first-hand study, and in David's case, it has been nothing less than his
vocation and life's purpose for a quarter-century. Now I would never
expect the naturally skeptical (in this context I use the word skeptic
in its TRUE sense, meaning one who investigates every possibility before
forming a conclusion) to be persuaded by a ten-minute video, no matter
how compelling. But if you're willing to listen with an open-mind, I can
virtually promise that your natural human curiosity will be piqued, and
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