Hal Puthoff

A lot. A lot.

A lot. A lot.

A lot. A lot.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, it just seems like that's been my thing in life, is get involved in the crazy stuff no matter where it comes from.

Yeah, well, it just seems like that's been my thing in life, is get involved in the crazy stuff no matter where it comes from.

Yeah, well, it just seems like that's been my thing in life, is get involved in the crazy stuff no matter where it comes from.

Well, actually, I began early on. I was a ham radio operator as a teenager, and I went to vocational school. I didn't think I'd ever go to college or whatever. But I got all involved in learning about radio transmission and all that kind of stuff. So I finally decided, okay, I'm going to go to college and really concentrate on electrical engineering and physics and all that kind of stuff.

Well, actually, I began early on. I was a ham radio operator as a teenager, and I went to vocational school. I didn't think I'd ever go to college or whatever. But I got all involved in learning about radio transmission and all that kind of stuff. So I finally decided, okay, I'm going to go to college and really concentrate on electrical engineering and physics and all that kind of stuff.

Well, actually, I began early on. I was a ham radio operator as a teenager, and I went to vocational school. I didn't think I'd ever go to college or whatever. But I got all involved in learning about radio transmission and all that kind of stuff. So I finally decided, okay, I'm going to go to college and really concentrate on electrical engineering and physics and all that kind of stuff.

But the weird stuff actually began kind of by absolute accident. At the time, I was involved at Stanford University getting my Ph.D. I was just doing cool things. I had invented a broadly tunable infrared laser, one of the first of its kind. I even got a patent as a graduate student and co-authored with my thesis advisor a textbook –

But the weird stuff actually began kind of by absolute accident. At the time, I was involved at Stanford University getting my Ph.D. I was just doing cool things. I had invented a broadly tunable infrared laser, one of the first of its kind. I even got a patent as a graduate student and co-authored with my thesis advisor a textbook –

But the weird stuff actually began kind of by absolute accident. At the time, I was involved at Stanford University getting my Ph.D. I was just doing cool things. I had invented a broadly tunable infrared laser, one of the first of its kind. I even got a patent as a graduate student and co-authored with my thesis advisor a textbook –

graduate-level textbook, Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics, published in English, French, Russian, and Chinese. So I was on a cool roll just doing the normal physics kinds of things. But interestingly enough, once I was there writing a graduate-level textbook, I realized, you know, there's something I don't know. And that is, what about consciousness? What about living things?

graduate-level textbook, Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics, published in English, French, Russian, and Chinese. So I was on a cool roll just doing the normal physics kinds of things. But interestingly enough, once I was there writing a graduate-level textbook, I realized, you know, there's something I don't know. And that is, what about consciousness? What about living things?