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== Comments ==
 
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* Telepathy is the supposed communication of thoughts or ideas by means other than the known senses. It was a major field of research for scientists during the early 20th century and into the Cold War. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepathy</ref>  Upton Sinclair also conducted telepathy experiments in the '30s.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQEmLUlDXz0C</ref>
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* Telepathy is the supposed communication of thoughts or ideas by means other than the known senses. It was a major field of research for scientists during the early 20th century and into the Cold War. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepathy</ref>  Upton Sinclair also conducted telepathy experiments in the 30's.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQEmLUlDXz0C</ref>
  
 
* The audio distortions on the vocals of this track may have been modeled after the reported auditory distortions present in Microwave auditory effect <ref>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_auditory_effect</ref>, which was a facet of telepathy research during the Cold War. This auditory phenomenon was used to transmit sounds directly from a microwave emitter into the human brain. Researchers described that the auditory distortions inherent to this process caused "the sounds [to resemble] those emitted by persons with an artificial voice box." <ref> D.R. Justesen. "Microwaves and Behavior", Am Psychologist, 392(Mar): 391–401, 1975.</ref>
 
* The audio distortions on the vocals of this track may have been modeled after the reported auditory distortions present in Microwave auditory effect <ref>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_auditory_effect</ref>, which was a facet of telepathy research during the Cold War. This auditory phenomenon was used to transmit sounds directly from a microwave emitter into the human brain. Researchers described that the auditory distortions inherent to this process caused "the sounds [to resemble] those emitted by persons with an artificial voice box." <ref> D.R. Justesen. "Microwaves and Behavior", Am Psychologist, 392(Mar): 391–401, 1975.</ref>
*When played backward, the voice counting in the track can be heard to say "This is (is) the end of the Earth.. for now."
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*When played backwards, the voice counting in the track can be heard to say "This is (is) the end of the Earth.. for now."
* Narratively, in sticking with the theme of cycles on the album, this track follows the evolution or mutation of a new civilization on Earth following the thawing of the planet from an artificial nuclear ice age ("[[White Cyclosa]]", who also fail (or "[[Collapse]]") due to an ice-age, as presented in "[[Cold Earth]]", the next track on the album. This implies cycles operating at multiple scales, that of the death-rebirth cycle of civilizations, and perhaps that of individual humans as in some other religious or spiritual beliefs, of cyclical weather patterns, and of the civilization itself, which was born out of an ice age ("[[Jacquard Causeway]]") and died from an ice age ("[[Cold Earth]]").
 
  
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* In one sequence, the number six is repeated in the background, the result sounding more like "666".
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In one sequence, the number six is repeated in the background, the result sounding more like "666".
* Madonna’s “Live to Tell” intro at .75x sounds like "[[Telepath]]".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmE-fC9ZEBg</ref>
 
  
 
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