Talk:Harold E. Puthoff

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The subject of this article, Harold E. Puthoff, has edited Wikipedia as Puthoff (talk · contribs).

Contents 1 Scientology 2 Past biocruft 3 Students beware 4 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Scientology

I cited the (scurrilious?) allegation that Puthoff outranks Cruise within Scientology. After a casual search of various websites, I can't find this repeated elsewhere. Can anyone confirm his involvement in Scientology? Does anyone know if there is a large Scientology presence in Austin, TX?---CH 04:30, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

According to Puthoff's own edit, he was involved in scientology in the 70s but is no longer. Puddytang 00:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Past biocruft

For the record: I just found out that User:Infrogmation deleted a previous wikibio, Hal Puthoff, on 24 June 2004; see this log. The current article was apparently created by User:GangofOne on 2 October 2005, probably w/out knowing about the earlier version. ---CH 07:56, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

This is kinda weird: User:RickK deleted yet another article, Harald Puthoff, on 2 Nov 2003, noting that the entire content of the article read "Harold PuthoffCriminal at large!". ---CH 07:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Students beware

I have extensively edited previous verson and had been monitoring this for bad edits, but I am leaving the WP and am now abandoning this article to its fate.

Just wanted to provide notice that I am only responsible (in part) for the last version I edited; see User:Hillman/Archive. I emphatically do not vouch for anything you might see in more recent versions. This article concerns a controversial topic. Given past edits by the subject of this biography, who is a highly controversial figure who mainstream physicists regard as a fringe physicist (at best), and who has a wide following among laypersons with more enthusiasm than good scientific judgement, interested in topics including

• any of dozens of "low to no cost energy from the vacuum schemes" which would violate the laws of thermodynamics and consitute a perpetual motion machine,
• any of dozens of proposed spacecraft propulsion schemes, ranging from highly speculative fringe speculations to outright pseudoscience,
• devotees of various conspiracy theories and paranormal topics

I have reason to believe that at least some future versions of this article are likely to contain slanted information, misinformation, or disinformation. Beware also of external links to other websites, which may attempt to portray pseudoscience or fringe science topics as notions regarded by mainstream physicists as scientific, which is often not the case.

Good luck in your search for information, regardless!---CH 00:47, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Puthoff's doctorate and research for the CIA and stuff is based on more than just his word isn't it? I'm using him as a reference in remote viewing, It's not a hoax is it. Can anyone add references to the actual (alleged?) FOIA documents? Puddytang 00:22, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 09:53, 10 November 2007 (UTC)