After 11th September 2001 I had thousands attack of madness. There were day when I was attacked by another madness every minute, and can think rationally for no more than a hour a day (but not in one piece). However in spite of them I generally behaved more rationale than most of normal sane people.
There was a few strange phenomena there:
- Attacks of madness were to ridiculous to believe (ex. I have attacks based on Winnie the Pooh). And ridiculous thoughts, even when I falsified them immediately, came back again and again for days or months.
- Attacks were especially strong, when I tried to write or to contact with other people to promote my Mechanics of History.
- Attacks became weaker over time, as more people heard about Mechanics of History (or as more and more countries turn to democracies).
- The same my skills (like English, ability to learn, writing skills, math skills) regenerated over time.
- There were tactical patterns in these attacks (to force me to do or not to do something, ex. to turn on the TV in times of Bieslan tragedy, Sep 2004).
- People around me behaved strange, making and saying things that amplify my madness (ex. a friend who desperately want to discuss about Harry Potter, when I had attack based on magic).
So, my (ridiculous indeed) hypothesis is that this was an effect of advanced weapon.
See
Private SETI hypothesis (June 2005).
Two annotations here:
- “Limited ability to affect material world” still means, they can destroy our civilization in a week.
- With such technology advantage they (no doubt) could offer many useful technologies like: cures for diseases, technologies to regenerate human body (something like “eternal youth”), that could be with ease offered to people using the same network that is used to control minds.
I have also tried to incorporate some of my experiences into science fiction stories (text here are in Polish, so you have to translate them first).
Although, as I said, I was totally mad (an I can imagine a thousands of others quite good explanation of this phenomena) so this is may be not the true answer. So I am presenting this outright ridiculous hypothesis only because, If it is true, other people have right to know. But remember: I have any material proves here.
And finally, I think that I survived only because I had many good luck, not because I am especially strong or intelligent. Examples above (about Harry and Winnie) may seem humorous, but I can give you thousands of truly dreadful examples.