Joe Rogan Experience #2288 - Jacques Vallée

Summary

In this episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Jacques Vallée discusses his work on unidentified aerial phenomena and offers insights from his new book, 'Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles'. Vallée explores the complexities of UFO research and its implications on human understanding of consciousness and technology. His unique perspective bridges the gap between science and the esoteric realms of these phenomena.

Key takeaways

• 1Jacques Vallée: Venture capitalist and technologist known for his research on unidentified aerial phenomena.
• 2'Forbidden Science 6: Scattered Castles': Vallée's recent book compiling his journals from 2010-2019.
• 3Vallée's work has significant implications for understanding consciousness in relation to UFOs.
• 4His perspective contributes to the discourse on how technology intersects with phenomena beyond current scientific understanding.

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Joe Rogan podcast check it out The Joe Rogan Experience Train by day Joe Rogan podcast by night all day up sir very good to see you good to see you I really enjoyed our conversation last night we all went out to dinner and how put off blew my mind I as you know I've known him for a long time yeah when did you meet him what year uh I knew him at s I actually I was at Stanford Research Institute before him um in one of the very early internet research teams when there was no internet was called the arpanet it was the network of the advanced research project agency and it was all you know computer experiment and so on it turned into we had um engine number three on the internet at at SRI wow in California engine by the time I joined them there were like 30 machines already so uh and it was exciting and then um you know uh Dr POF and Russell tar came in with a proposal to Sri to do Paras psychology research at SRI which had never been done and it was funny because the so I was already there you know in in the team what year was this what year oh god um uh 74 WOW 7 so the AR was around4 yeah and um it was funny because I was in in my office and vice president of Sri came in uh closed the door and said uh Jack uh you know you've published some things controversial under your name on UFOs um and you haven't lost your scientific reputation which is why you're here working for us at SRI uh on on the opponet but um you know there's a proposal from...

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