The Men Who Stare — At Goats

When asked why he kept it up, Stubblebine told Ronson: "Because I knew it was possible. The atoms are mostly empty space. I just had to convince my atoms to slip through the gaps in their atoms."

But then the goat got up. It had fainted. The same thing happened again. And again. They realized: the goat was tiring of the bright studio lights. It wasn't psychic murder; it was animal exhaustion. The Men Who Stare At Goats

He never succeeded. But he did convince the Army to spend millions training soldiers in "remote viewing." So, what about the goat? When asked why he kept it up, Stubblebine

But the system that funded them? That took a silly goat manual and turned it into a torture manual? That is the real horror. It had fainted

The next time you see the movie poster of George Clooney staring intently at a goat, remember: it happened. Not exactly like that, but it happened. And the laughter you feel is not just relief. It is a survival mechanism.