The Nostradamus of Bali predictions come true once again  |
| Lawrence making predictions in Shanghai. |
My close friends will testify to both predictions.
When I was in grade 10 I remember my health teacher coming in with an milliammeter which is capable of measuring minute electrical currents .
He placed the positive and negative leads in the air and said as you can see there is no sign of any electrical current.
Then he placed it next to my brain without touching my skin and a very minute current was registered.
At that point 50 years ago before desktop computer and cell phones were even invented I concluded that "sometime in the future man would locate the positive and negative terminals of our electronic brain and look up amplifiers and devices to it so that we can use our brains are all sorts of things such as reading other people's minds, controlling the movement of objects, and inputting data"
I concluded that in the future mankind would not even have to talk .
"In the future mankind would not even have to talk"
They would simply wear a device to communicate.
I've often told this story and prediction to new friends over the past 50 years. Most looked at me with scepticism and questioned my sanity.
A saying I came up with around the same time was that "Today's fiction becomes tomorrow reality" I teach this to my sons all the time.
"Today's fiction becomes tomorrow reality" L.B.M.B. 1970
From the Earth to the Moon 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiadspace gun and launch three people—the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet—in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing.
Many of you may remember early comic books where the author envisioned aliens transmitting signals to each other and moving things with their brain.
More recently in a Star Wars Movie you may remember Young Skywalker receiving instructions from Joda in the swamp and being taught that he can move things with his brain as could all true Jedi warriors.
Well guess what that "fiction is now become today's reality".
"Fiction has now become today's reality".
The fact that somebody conceived that it could happen gave engineers the idea that perhaps they could design something to make it happen.
In the last two weeks it has been announced that two of my long term predictions, made approximately 50 years ago have come true.
Last week Elon Musk, the inventor of the Tesla Electric Car, arguably one of the top geniuses of our time, announced he was going to hook human brains up to cell phones in the near future after successfully experimenting with monkeys brains.
FACEBOOK-BACKED RESEARCH SEES PROGRESS LINKING MINDS, MACHINES
A few hours ago I woke up to the news that that "FACEBOOK-BACKED RESEARCH SEES PROGRESS LINKING MINDS, MACHINES".
It was announced that "A study published in Nature Communications detailed how researchers were able to capture brain signals being sent to produce speech and figure out what people were trying to say."
Fo details on this new discovery see below.
Elon Musk hopes to put a computer chip in your brain. Who wants one? In fact is already done I would monkey.
FACEBOOK-BACKED RESEARCH SEES PROGRESS LINKING MINDS, MACHINES
A few hours ago I woke up to the news that that "FACEBOOK-BACKED RESEARCH SEES PROGRESS LINKING MINDS, MACHINES".
It was announced that "A study published in Nature Communications detailed how researchers were able to capture brain signals being sent to produce speech and figure out what people were trying to say."
Fo details on this new discovery see below.
Elon Musk hopes to put a computer chip in your brain. Who wants one? In fact is already done I would monkey.
The other prediction that I made for more than 40 years is that “Today's fiction will become tomorrow’s reality”. Those exact words were just repeated on CNN News regarding a new scientific discovery.
I was once called the “Nostradamus of Bali” by an overzealous fellow newsletter writer.
My reply was I'm not Nostradamus I don’t base my predictions on astrology.
I base my predictions on fundamental and technical analysis coupled with almost 50 years of experience.
But just now, inadvertently, it dawned on me that I made predictions that weren’t based on fundamental and technical analysis. They were just based on observations of what could happen in the future.
For example, I remember 40 years ago when I was giving seminars in Hawaii the first-year digital cameras out I told everybody in a slide presentation that in the future people would be able to change the way they looked in a photo. I gave an example of a woman with small breasts and then a woman with digitally enlarged breasts. Everybody laughed.
That prediction came true in that you can’t trust any photo that you see these days.
Probably my longest-term prediction was in 1980 almost 40 years ago when I got up in front of an audience of approximately 200 American investors on a Las Vegas show stage and predicted that “China would be the next economic power of the world”. Not only was I laughed at, but I was booed off the stage.
Yesterday was announced that America slid not only to second place behind China but is also third-place for world economic power.
More recently when I gave a speech in Shanghai 11 years ago to 200 travel agents on behalf of the Indonesian government I realized that the Chinese were ready to travel and made a prediction right there on the spot that the Chinese would be the number one tourist to Bali.
At the time they were 18. I was scorned by the Indonesian government and laughed at by my peers.
And sure, enough the Chinese are currently the number one tourist to Bali.
Turns out I've learned over the years that if you're not laughed at and scorned your probably not right.
For example, a few years ago when I predicted that Singapore Realty was going to collapse and then two years ago later I predicted that Australian, New Zealand estate as well as Canadian real estate was going to start down.
So, there's the proof of my past performance as far as my predictions.
If you want to see the future come to my office I’ll pull my crystal ball and charge $300 an hour. Just kidding.
The wealthy will control the minds of the population.
I foresee along with many new inventions there are positives and negatives.
The positives are that man's knowledge will increase super exponentially in that according Eldon Musk in the future anything we need to know will be simply downloaded off our mobile phone directly into our brain.
The question is how big is our brain capacity.
Problem is it may not be enough capacity to store very much.
The solution will be of course to have another device that through brain waves can store everything that you don't need in the near term.
Another positive is that People who can afford to buy these devices will be able to read minds as many of us are able to do already to certain extent.
When you amplify the receiver of your brain you will be able to read other people's thoughts.
One major benefit is Donald Trump will not be able to get away with his B.S. anymore.
Eldon musk and And Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook would not be spending lots of time money and effort on these inventions if they didn't think they were going to produce a profit.
I guarantee that these devices that will be available in the near future to hook up to your brain and control your mobile phone, computer many other items will be outrageously priced at first.
Only those with lots of money will be able to afford them.
This means once again the rich will have the benefit of technology over the poor and middle-class.
This fiction when it becomes tomorrow's reality may make you very depressed or you can change your status from poor, middle class to wealthy.
There are are only five ways that I know to do this.
The wealthy will control the minds of the population.
I foresee along with many new inventions there are positives and negatives.
The positives are that man's knowledge will increase super exponentially in that according Eldon Musk in the future anything we need to know will be simply downloaded off our mobile phone directly into our brain.
The question is how big is our brain capacity.
Problem is it may not be enough capacity to store very much.
The solution will be of course to have another device that through brain waves can store everything that you don't need in the near term.
Another positive is that People who can afford to buy these devices will be able to read minds as many of us are able to do already to certain extent.
When you amplify the receiver of your brain you will be able to read other people's thoughts.
One major benefit is Donald Trump will not be able to get away with his B.S. anymore.
Eldon musk and And Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook would not be spending lots of time money and effort on these inventions if they didn't think they were going to produce a profit.
I guarantee that these devices that will be available in the near future to hook up to your brain and control your mobile phone, computer many other items will be outrageously priced at first.
Only those with lots of money will be able to afford them.
This means once again the rich will have the benefit of technology over the poor and middle-class.
This fiction when it becomes tomorrow's reality may make you very depressed or you can change your status from poor, middle class to wealthy.
There are are only five ways that I know to do this.
- You can inherit money.
- You can marry money.
- You can do criminal activities or in some countries be a corrupt politician.
- You can work your butt off in school and college to become a professional such as a doctor, attorney,engineer architect etc.
- Or you can invest.
If you have done any reading you know that approximately 70% of all wealth in the world was created through real estate investment.
Now many of you are saying "I don't have any money to invest".
Point is here in Bali properties are still very inexpensive and you can buy a small 200 300 m² property for as little as $5,000 to $6,000.
Or if you have the money you can invest in what I believe will be the largest profit maker in the next 5 to 10 years.
That is catering to the 25% of the population who fall into the category of baby boomers, born between 1946 to 1964.
Baby boomers are retiring and they don't need large 3 to 4 bedroom homes.
They don't want to live in cold, hot, polluted, gridlocked, high crime city or suburb with a cost of living that is 70% higher than Bali.
"Bali will be the number 1 Retirement Destination in Asia"
There you have it I stuck my neck out once again and made a prediction that many of you will not believe.
Remember I have 22 years of living in Bali, 17 years of which was involved in the real estate business. I know what people want and I will give it to them for a fair price with great service. That's how you become successful.
I was not going to turn this into an ad, but I’d be silly not too.
After all it was my birthday last weekend and I’m getting older.
The older you are the more you get away with. LOL
The older you are the more you get away with. LOL
Huge profits from the Nostradamus of Bali’s predictions in the future:
I am now predicting the largest demand for Bali real estate soon will be 750 million baby boomers within 6 1/2 hours flight from Bali who will want to retire here.
That's why just last week I started advertising on Facebook for our brand-new Bali Luxury Retirement Villas starting at $194,888 USD.
The response I've been receiving has been overwhelming.
I have been spending all my days the last ten days just answering requests and following up on those Baby Boomers that are interested.
I shall give you another prediction for today.
Those of you that invest in these now will have an 80-year investment for you and your heirs that will probably be one of the best investments in your portfolio.
Check it out at www.balilectureretirementvillas.com
Thanks for reading this rant from a silly old man who has given some very accurate predictions in the past.
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SAN FRANCISCO, BALIPOST.com – Facebook-backed researchers have managed to translate brain signals into spoken words, bringing the social network’s vision of linking brains and machines closer to reality.
A study published this week by University of California-San Francisco scientists showed progress toward a new type of brain-computer interface. The project involved brain implants, but could be a step toward accomplishing the goal with a non-invasive method such as augmented reality glasses with sensors.
“A decade from now, the ability to type directly from our brains may be accepted as a given,” Facebook said Tuesday in an online post updating a project announced two years ago.
“Not long ago, it sounded like science fiction. Now, it feels within plausible reach.”
SAN FRANCISCO, BALIPOST.com – Facebook-backed researchers have managed to translate brain signals into spoken words, bringing the social network’s vision of linking brains and machines closer to reality.
A study published this week by University of California-San Francisco scientists showed progress toward a new type of brain-computer interface. The project involved brain implants, but could be a step toward accomplishing the goal with a non-invasive method such as augmented reality glasses with sensors.
“A decade from now, the ability to type directly from our brains may be accepted as a given,” Facebook said Tuesday in an online post updating a project announced two years ago.
“Not long ago, it sounded like science fiction. Now, it feels within plausible reach.”
“Not long ago, it sounded like science fiction"
Such a breakthrough could benefit people with paralysis, spinal cord injuries, neurodegenerative diseases or other conditions making them unable to speak, and may also let people control technology such as augmented reality glasses just by thinking, Facebook said.
“It’s never too early to start thinking through the important questions that will need to be answered before such a potentially powerful technology should make its way into commercial products,” Facebook said.
A study published in Nature Communications detailed how researchers were able to capture brain signals being sent to produce speech and figure out what people were trying to say.
A standard set of questions were asked of the volunteers in the study, with the computer provided context to help figure out answers.
Baca juga: Bupati Himbau Pejabat Berhati-hati Gunakan Medsos
“Currently, patients with speech loss due to paralysis are limited to spelling words out very slowly using residual eye movements or muscle twitches to control a computer interface,” said UCSF neuroscientist Eddie Chang.
“But in many cases, information needed to produce fluent speech is still there in their brains. We just need the technology to allow them to express it.”
– Augmented minds –
The study was funded by Facebook Reality Labs, a research unit at the California-based internet titan focused on technology for augmented and virtual reality experiences.
The work is part of “Project Steno” exploring the feasibility of a wearable device that lets people type by imagining themselves talking.
“Our progress shows real potential in how future inputs and interactions with AR glasses could one day look,” Facebook vice president of augmented and virtual reality Andrew Bosworth tweeted.
Researchers hope to eventually decode 100 words per minute in real time with a 1,000-word vocabulary and an error rate below 17 percent, according to Facebook.
Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed this month his secretive dis startup is making progress on an interface linking brains with computers, and said testing on people may begin next year. (AFP)
Such a breakthrough could benefit people with paralysis, spinal cord injuries, neurodegenerative diseases or other conditions making them unable to speak, and may also let people control technology such as augmented reality glasses just by thinking, Facebook said.
“It’s never too early to start thinking through the important questions that will need to be answered before such a potentially powerful technology should make its way into commercial products,” Facebook said.
A study published in Nature Communications detailed how researchers were able to capture brain signals being sent to produce speech and figure out what people were trying to say.
A standard set of questions were asked of the volunteers in the study, with the computer provided context to help figure out answers.
Baca juga: Bupati Himbau Pejabat Berhati-hati Gunakan Medsos
“Currently, patients with speech loss due to paralysis are limited to spelling words out very slowly using residual eye movements or muscle twitches to control a computer interface,” said UCSF neuroscientist Eddie Chang.
“But in many cases, information needed to produce fluent speech is still there in their brains. We just need the technology to allow them to express it.”
– Augmented minds –
The study was funded by Facebook Reality Labs, a research unit at the California-based internet titan focused on technology for augmented and virtual reality experiences.
The work is part of “Project Steno” exploring the feasibility of a wearable device that lets people type by imagining themselves talking.
“Our progress shows real potential in how future inputs and interactions with AR glasses could one day look,” Facebook vice president of augmented and virtual reality Andrew Bosworth tweeted.
Researchers hope to eventually decode 100 words per minute in real time with a 1,000-word vocabulary and an error rate below 17 percent, according to Facebook.
Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed this month his secretive dis startup is making progress on an interface linking brains with computers, and said testing on people may begin next year. (AFP)
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