Ancient Warriors Suffered From PTSD

A new study claims to have found evidence that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) existed over 3,000 years ago.warriors

The paper was written by Prof. Hacker Hughes, from Anglia Ruskin University, and Dr. Abdul-Hamid, Consultant Psychiatrist at the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. The research they put forth shows evidence that psychological traumas were suffered as far back as in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) during the Assyrian Dynasty,who ruled from 1300 to 609 BCE.

The report is called, Nothing New under the Sun: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in the Ancient World, and in it they state;

Herodotus’ account of the Athenian spear carrier Epizelus’ psychogenic mutism following the Marathon Wars is usually cited as the first documented account of post-traumatic stress disorders in historical literature. This paper describes much earlier accounts of post combat disorders that were recorded as occurring in Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) during the Assyrian dynasty (1300–609 bc). The descriptions in this paper include many symptoms of what we would now identify in current diagnostic classification systems as post-traumatic stress disorders, including flashbacks, sleep disturbance and low mood. (more…)

Worm Brain Controls Plastic LEGO

There are many stories that have been told over the course of history about animated statues that come to life, brazen talking heads, and wooden puppets Worm - Legowho become little boys. I had written about some of them in my recent article, The Medieval Artificial Intelligence of Mechanical Talking Heads.

A few examples, would be the story of the Knights Templar who were said to be in possession of a Brazen Head known as Baphomet that could give them answers to their questions, and the first French Catholic Pope, Gerbert of Aurillac, AKA Pope Sylvester II (c. 945–1003 CE). There is also the more modern story of Pinocchio who was a wooden puppet that was transformed into a “real boy.”

These old stories may seem like fantasies dreamed up by some creative author, but the facts are what was once considered mythology, may soon became a scientific reality.

Scientists, at what has been dubbed as the “Open Worm Project”, have created an artificial intelligence (AI) by developing a digital version of a worm brain that they have uploaded into a LEGO robot. The LEGO has now become animated by responding to the worm’s thoughts and actions. (more…)

Man Wins Lawsuit Over Refusing Mark of the Beast Biometric Hand Scanner

A Christian man from West Virginia who was recently forced into retirement by his employer for refusing what he called a mandatory ‘Mark of the Beast’ biometric hand-MARK-OF-THE-BEASTscanner to track his movements, is suing them on the grounds of religious discrimination.

He won the lawsuit and was awarded $150,000 this past week. The man was a former general laborer at Consol Energy/Consolidation Coal Company’s mining in West Virginia. (more…)

The Medieval Artificial Intelligence of Mechanical Talking Heads

The Knights Templar were believed to have possessed a talking head that was known as Baphomet. A brazen head that was said to be made Brazen-Headof brass or bronze in the shape of a man’s head and able to answer any question that their masters had asked it. It may have been one of the reasons for their downfall, when Philip IV of France had attacked the great Templar Order in 1307 accusing them of worshiping a demonic talking head.

Brazen Head, that today I believe we can just call “medieval artificial intelligence (AI).”

This story could be the conceptual ancestor of modern robots, sexy cyborgs, and the newly built artificial intelligence in the form of worm powered LEGO’s. A subject I will discuss in my next article.

The first French Catholic Pope, Gerbert of Aurillac, AKA Pope Sylvester II (c. 945–1003 CE), I have found was the first person ever documented in history to be in possession of a mechanical talking head. Gerbert had gained this scientific knowledge when he had went to Moorish Spain as a pupil at Cordova for the purpose of learning astrology and other sciences from the Saracens. It was said that here he soon exceeded Ptolemy in learning. (more…)

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