by chiggerbit » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:07 pm
From your list, Iriquois:<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>#30: Dr. Alexi Brushlinski. Died: January 2002. Russian Microbiologist. Murdered in Moscow from bandit attack. Well known around the world and members of the Russian Academy of Science.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Only, from what I can tell, he was not a microbiologist, he was a psychologist (emphasis mine):<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Andrey Vladimirovich Brushlinsky <br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Director, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Scie</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, Moscow, Russia [/b]<br> <br><br><br>Andrey Brushlinsky studied from 1951-56 at the Moscow State University, graduating in psychology. From 1956-1972 he was employed as a research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Institute of Philosophy. Since 1972 he has been <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>leading researcher</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> at the Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. In 1989, 1995, and 2000 he was elected Director of Institute of Psychology. He has been the author or coauthor of many works.<br>Correspondence concerning this contribution should be addressed to Andrey V. Brushlinsky, Director, Institute of Psychology RAS, 13, Yaroslavskaya, 129366 Moscow, Russia <br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>The man was no slouch, apparently,if he was the Director, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, and no kook, if he held that position. I find this part really interesting, :<br><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br><br>In the meantime, the director of the institute for the psychological precautions against terrorism, Professor Viktor Fersht, released a sensational statement. He said that Brushlinsky did not fall the victim of the street robbers. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The briefcase contained exclusive documents about the newest, reflexive method of searching for terrorists.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> The concept was developed at one of the labs of the mentioned institute, and professor Lepsky was in charge of that work. <br><br>Russkaya Linia (Russian Line) news agency reported that Brushlinsky received the documents two hours before he died. He was supposed to edit the concept at the conference “Psychology and Its Supplements.” The authors of the unique technology were publicly talking about their ideas. <br><br>As it was said, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>the point of the new method was the principle that allowed one find any criminal; various psychological reflections, processed by computers, make for the detection of a terrorist. </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>These new methods have already been sent to the Pentagon; a report on the subject was supposed to take place at the Russian-NATO seminar in a month. </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->Professor Fersht wrote, “These methods are currently being developed at the Institute for Psychological Precautions together with the Russian Home Ministry.” Fersht offered to use these methods to find Brushlinsky’s killers. <hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br> <p></p><i></i>