Oliver Joseph Lodge Quotes

A collection of quotes by Oliver Joseph Lodge.

Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940) was a British physicist and inventor. He contributed significantly to the development of wireless communication and conducted pioneering experiments on the transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves. Lodge is known for his work on the tuning of electrical circuits and the invention of the "coherer," an early form of radio wave detector. He also made important contributions to the understanding of electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetism. Additionally, Lodge was a prominent writer and lecturer, popularizing scientific knowledge and advocating for the existence of life after death.

The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - n

The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate - is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts.

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The properties which differentiate living matter from any ki

The properties which differentiate living matter from any kind of inorganic imitation may be instinctively felt, but can hardly be formulated without expert knowledge.

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In other cases, when the medium becomes entranced, the demon

In other cases, when the medium becomes entranced, the demonstration of a communicator's separate intelligence may become stronger and the sophistication less.

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We know that communication must be hampered, and its form la

We know that communication must be hampered, and its form largely determined, by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism, whether that be of a merely mechanical or of a physiological character.

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