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Promotion of the FunVax “documentary” begins

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I put this item in the timeline because so many fell for it.  I keep it in the timeline because I found the real clue that everyone else missed or ignored.  There are some important links in the “Related” section below.

Sometimes, the fact checkers actually get it right, at least at the surface level.  The video shows what appears to be a briefing at the Pentagon regarding the use of vaccines to remove a tendency toward religious fundamentalism.  But is this what is really going on?

On May 16, 2021, the San Francisco Chronicle posted an “opinion” from film producer Ryan Harper in which he claims responsibility for creating the FunVax hoax.  Apparently, the clip was part of a promotion for a film he had planned to make in which he would say at the end that it was all a hoax.  This clip is in the trailer for that film.  The film was supposed to be something similar in style to Borat, perhaps.

Ryan Harper is listed on IMDb, though apparently this film did not make it far enough into production to get an entry there under Ryan Harper’s name.  The film never was made, and the true nature of the video was never made clear until the opinion was published.

The facts in the apology hold up.  Links show up in archives in the appropriate years.

As for the conspiracy theorists, I believe they were correct in sensing that there was a problem, but they got distracted by the video and missed the true source of the problem.  Read on and be sure to check out the “Related” links section below.

In 2011, I created a story called FunVax.

To be more accurate, it was a collaboration between me and a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. And rather than a simple story, it was an idea for a mockumentary.

In 2004, a scientist named Dean Hamer discovered a gene that predisposes people to become more religious. Hamer called his discovery the “God Gene.” The scientific name for the God Gene is VMAT2. You know those little molecules in your brain that make you happy? Dopamine and serotonin? Well, VMAT2 is responsible for packaging those little molecules and delivering them to synapses in your brain.

This real-life discovery was the basis for my film.

The premise of my story was that if a gene can control one’s religiosity, then that gene can be manipulated and turned on and off at will. In the film, the government uses this idea to create a vaccine to “cure” religious fundamentalism, which would help gain an edge in Iraq and Afghanistan. No Islamic extremists, no jihad, no war.

As part of the filmmaking process, I released a fictional video on YouTube showing a scientist pitching the FunVax proposal to a small audience at the Pentagon. In the film itself, I then dissected this YouTube video and proved that it had been doctored. At movie’s end, the lead character, Joey Lambardi, admits to making up the FunVax conspiracy.

Unfortunately, nobody ever saw the film’s conclusion, because it was never released.

— Ryan Harper

That person making the presentation is not Bill Gates, as some have said.  He is one of Ryan Harper’s friends.

That said, whether or not FunVax was a hoax, the film concept may have been some kind of predictive programming.  Evidence exists that the COVID-19 vaccines may indeed attack the “God gene.”  Meanwhile, Dean Hamer has been doing a lot of research into the genetics of behavior, and he was interviewed in one of the FunVax promotional videos. He was an independent researcher at the National Institutes of Health for 35 years, where he was the Chief of Gene Structure and Regulation Section at the U.S. National Cancer Institute; upon retirement in 2011 he was designated Scientist Emeritus.  In other words, there is an NIH connection to the story.  Please see the “Related” links section below.

Is the Pentagon angle presented in the trailer clip actually a red herring to keep conspiracy theorists away from the real research that was ongoing at the NIH?

Are humans in control of predictive programming?  Or does some other force inspire it?

Seriously, folks, the real meat of this blog is in the links sections below any commentary I may choose to include at the top of the posts. My purpose in putting together this blog was to help you find what you need to know about COVID-related events. The main reason that there is commentary type content at the top of the posts is because I had feedback from people that they did not know how to use the site. Blog titles are for the most part purposefully low-key to make the posts more shareable in a Cancel Culture world.  The downside of this strategy is that the importance of the material may not be immediately apparent.

With this particular post especially, it is not the hoax itself that is important, other than to know that the video does not show a real event; rather, the important part of this post is the research into the God Gene that inspired it, which you can find in the “Related” section of this particular post, especially toward the end where you will find links to posts on the topic of the Barcode of Life.

If you choose to discuss the video that is the topic of this post, please take care in how you characterize it.  As you can see from the links in the “Sources” section below, the true nature of the video as a hoax is clearly and thoroughly documented.

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