Talk:Cloudbuster
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Is this some kind of joke? I think this article should be deleted, as this is nonsense. -KeeganB —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KeeganB (talk • contribs) 13:30, May 12, 2005 (UTC).
- It doesn't appear to be a joke - Rolf (not Ralph) Alexander existed and claimed to be able to do this. Any notion that it was a real ability is undoubtedly nonsense on stilts, but from what little I can tell from Googling, the article is accurate. --OpenToppedBus 14:01, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
- It doesn't seem somehow notable to me. There are just too many such crazy theories and psychics, and to list them all there... --Samohyl Jan 15:58, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
I don't know if it's worth mentioning in the article, but Cloudbusting is one of the few "paranormal" abilities James Randi refuses to test for his million dollar prize.
- "It's just such a silly notion, that we at the JREF can't waste time on it any more. We also don't test for Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Our tests conducted in the past were simple: we asked the "buster" to tell us which cloud he'd bust, then we videotaped the sky with a wide-angle camera. When the tape was played back for anyone else, they could not determine which cloud was "busted," because they all went away, in varying sequences. There was nothing special about the chosen cloud. The error is in watching only the cloud that was chosen, and not noticing that others go away at the same rate."
- [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.160.180.136 (talk • contribs) 18:02, July 3, 2006 (UTC).
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- Of course, Randi only tests people that he knows for sure can't beat his tests. I have seen cloudbusting in action before, and I have seen even truly skilled cloud-busters make clouds literally crumble away into mist. Personally, It think we should edit this article because right now the title implies that cloud-busting makes the clouds explode or something when actually they merely dissipate. Perhaps 'cloud-dissipation would a better name. I'll move it there. Smith Jones 21:52, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] STRANGE!
Ok......Umm........this is weird! WHATEVER!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.7.117.247 (talk • contribs) 14:12, May 12, 2005 (UTC).
Should this perhaps be listed on Unusual_articles? -Cookiemobsta
[edit] Related link
Bush's "Cloudbusting" is generally thought to be about Wilhelm Reich, who also invented something called a Cloudbuster. The lyrics include these lines, which seem to reference Reich's run-in with the Feds:
You looked too small/In their big, black car,/To be a threat to the men in power.
I hid my yo-yo/In the garden./I can’t hide you/From the government.
The Reich article has info about his cloudbuster at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich#Orgone_accumulators_and_cloudbusters
Bush may have had non-Reichian cloudbusters in mind, but the article probably should reference Reich.
-24.148.136.192 19:34, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
Bush definitely had Reich in mind. The song refers to 'Organon' ("I still dream of Organon"), Reich's house. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.233.135.238 (talk • contribs) 01:45, July 31, 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Neil Slade
This guy claims that the amygdala can be used to burst clouds, and sells books on it. He makes a lot of claims on his site in different areas, such as running a school full of students who can tap their amygdala powers, but no controlled tests have been done.
[2] [3] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.97.130.5 (talk • contribs) 05:00, June 12, 2006 (UTC).
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- No claim by aforementioned self-published author, including a claim related to running a school, has been validated in any reputable publication. Subject is an occassional guest of fringe, conspiracy-oriented radio programs, which he uses to promote sales of his vanity-press books. ShoNuff 03:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
