A Witch in the Family Quotes

“In one test, subjects were presented with contradictory statements made by George Bush and John Kerry. Republicans judged Kerry’s flip-flop harshly, while letting Bush off the hook for his. Democrats did the reverse. Interestingly, the brain scans showed that the parts of the brain governing emotion were far more active during the experiment than the reasoning parts.”
― Stephen Hawley Martin, A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence

“In experiments using MRI scans, Westen has demonstrated that persons with partisan preferences believe what they want to believe regardless of the facts. Not only that, they unconsciously congratulate themselves—the reward centers of their brains light up—when they reject new information that does not square with their predetermined views.”
― Stephen Hawley Martin, A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence

“Since knowledge [thought] is not contained within a person’s cranium but is everywhere at once as was indicated by the double-slit experiment, belief or knowledge held jointly by a group of people would logically seem to be more powerful than that held only by a single individual.”
― Stephen Hawley Martin, A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence

“University of Virginia—have collected that demonstrate that consciousness can exist without a brain being involved.”
― Stephen Hawley Martin, A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence

“The truth is that thoughts, perceptions, and memories, actually occur somewhere else and then are received and processed by the brain in a way similar to how a cell phone or radio receiver works.”
― Stephen Hawley Martin, A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence

“the point is that this experiment proves thought and knowledge are not confined within the brain. Quantum physicists say it’s part of the whole. Anyone”
― Stephen Hawley Martin, A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence

“Thought, it turns out, is everywhere at once. It’s part of the seamless whole of reality and is not confined in space or by space. In addition—and get ready for this—thought may not be constrained by time”
― Stephen Hawley Martin, A Witch in the Family: The Salem Witch Trials Re-examined in Light of New Evidence