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Originally posted by peroon
But the propaganda machines do not exist only in the news media. They have long been used on the internet as well. Steering away from politics, we see that internet propaganda has influenced the way people look at metal detecting, particularly long range locating. The problem with internet propaganda is it is sometimes difficult to know what is the real facts and what is the propaganda.
Internet LRL propaganda in the simplest form is fake advertising about LRLs that do not find treasures from long distances. This is easy to prove if you have the money to buy a LRL.
But we still have LRL proponents who claim they work by principles that are not accepted by scientists. If you look at the published information of how these little known principles of LRL work, you find strange science articles from places like Keelynet that talk about space alien technology, and experiments designed to produce free energy. This was from 10-20 years ago. But today, Keelynet has cleaned up it's image because they were seen as a bunch of wierdos publishing wierd science that only adolescents would pay much attention to. Today's Keelynet has shifted to a more accepted format that is hesitant to publish fantastic stories. Today we have a large collection of websites that promote the same kind of science as what Keelynet spearheaded decades ago. And these new websites are presented in a way that appears to be legitimate, yet they are publishing the same fantastic stories as have been around for decades.
One of the foremost LRL proponents in the Remote Sensing forum claims that his secret LRLs work on some of these principles. The principles described in these sources include radionics, zero point energy, technology from space aliens, advanced quantum physics which allows time travel and creation of energy from a vacum. Unlike past publications which posted long rambling stories and doctrines, the new versions are written in the format of well-organized websites which give the appearance of legitimacy, and are documented by quoting people who have some credentials. To an average reader, these sites look legitimate, and the fantastic stories seem plausible. But a person who has the mathematical knowledge and the experience of education in these areas will see it is simply another version of what was posted by Keelynet and similar sites decades ago. You can simply research the "credentialed people" they quote to begin to understand how good their information is. While these sites are full of science fiction, there is some truth in some of what they say, and they make very interesting reading. But the bottom line is they are full of propaganda, just as political sites are.
So we see the propaganda on the internet is used to help fuel the belief in long range locating, in place of actual field demonstrations to show whether these gadgets really work or not. I am happy the scientists who send explorer satellites do not consult these sites to get their information on how to do their jobs. Otherwise we would have the skies full of satellites with LRLs in them looking for all manner of buried objects, and to determine what elements are on distant stars.
....Another cold one for the Lightening Bolt!
Best wishes,
J_P
In US not even a problem... everything you can do... about... even buy a war-rifle at supermarket! 
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