Riyadh Jan. 23: Learning from outer space

[Ezechiel]

This is the $4000 a pop seminar Stanton Friedman was talking about

http://www.gcf.org.sa/Program/Program/
PANEL SESSION (MAIN PLENARY) – 02:00 - 03:15

Contact: Learning from Outer Space

Psychological and socio-cultural assumptions and preconceptions constrain us to a large extent, and shape our views of the universe so that we are inclined to find what we are looking for, and fail to see what we are not. Using knowledge gained from research in the fields of Ufology and the search for extraterrestrial life, what might we possibly learn about hindrances to innovation in other areas of inquiry?

http://devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com/11484/someday-the-pipeline-will-run-dry/

But yo — what’s this?

On 1/23 there’s an hour and 15-minute program called “Learning From Outer Space.”

Check out the lineup: progressive physicist Michio Kaku and UFO investigators Jacques Vallee, Nick Pope, and Stan Friedman. “When they contacted me about it a few months ago, I said ‘I have to tell you I’m Jewish,’” Friedman recalls with a chuckle, “and they said, ‘That won’t be a problem.’”

Like most regular mortals, Friedman hadn’t heard of this event before, either. But from his home in New Brunswick, Canada, the author of Flying Saucers and Science — among other things — commends the Saudis for paying more than lip service to an “Innovations” summit.

Astonishing, the idea of Saudi Arabia being more inquisitive than the British Royal Society in the vision department. Friedman calls it “such a puzzle” to be included on a card “with a list of who’s who in the international business world.”

On the other hand, maybe the GCF’s intention to “expose a lot of people to the different paths to be taken to new ideas” isn’t so mysterious at all, Friedman says. “Maybe they think there’s something better than oil.”

 

[Kandinsky]

I wonder if they'll have anything to say that hasn't already been read or heard from them before?

/grouchy cynicism

 

[Ezechiel]

I wonder if they'll have anything to say that hasn't already been read or heard from them before?

/grouchy cynicism

At $4000 per person, I hope they make an extra effort lol. Actually the price has been hiked up to $5000

Maybe the synergy between the participants will yield some nuggets