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Having a team page like that is your first red flag. https://strathspeycrown.com/subsidiary-companies-investments/ https://strathspeycrown.com/subsidiary-compa

Having a team page like that is your first red flag. https://strathspeycrown.com/subsidiary-companies-investments/ https://strathspeycrown.com/subsidiary-companies-investments... > "Strathspey Crown is a visionary portfolio of transformational businesses, focused on the most complex sectors of healthcare, energy, and technology." This seems to be the parent company, check out some of the goofy things they claim to been involved in. Quotes like "changing the paradigm", "the internet of wellbeing", "where little things make a big difference". It's cookie cutter generic websites for every one of them, most of the time I can't work out what their product is supposed to be or what they're claiming to be working on.

p1esk 7y ago
But the interesting part is that at least some of the people involved in these companies seem real (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-val-baker-47047123/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-val-baker-47047123/)
- RL_Quine 7y ago
  One of the products seems to be real and FDA approved. https://www.drugs.com/newdrugs/fda-approves-jeuveau-prabotulinumtoxina-xvfs-temporary-improvement-appearance-frown-lines-4911.html https://www.drugs.com/newdrugs/fda-approves-jeuveau-prabotul...
  - elliekelly 7y ago
    I don’t understand what it supposedly does that’s any different/better than Botox?
    - RL_Quine 7y ago
      The text suggests whatever it is, it’s close enough to botox for it not to matter.
- goodmachine 7y ago
  Real people, fronting unreal businesses. Here is their head of Business Development, Designer, and Cryptography Advisor https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamapollo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamapollo/
  - seren 7y ago
    Another page on achievement from the same group. https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ Including Mr. Apollo After having a vision of the Universe as a fractal hologram at the age of 15, he extensively studied a wide variety of branches in theoretical astrophysics, completing major research papers on the potential interface between consciousness and the physics of space-time by the time he graduated High School.
    - andybak 7y ago
      His website is worth a look: https://www.adamapollo.com/ https://www.adamapollo.com/ I'm going to sample a couple of his 27 albums. The cover art alone is a thing to behold. EDIT - I'm beginning to think we've got this all wrong. It's not a scam - it's a cult.
      - seren 7y ago
        Found another one from the previous link for a more HN friendly topic, a social network. https://core.network/ https://core.network/ What is fascinating is that the partner organization are always referencing other organization in the same "network", so it looks impressive but it is always the same 10-15 people. For example compare the team https://hiup.org/people/ https://hiup.org/people/ with https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ which is mostly the team of the Robert grant's company https://torustech.com/team/ https://torustech.com/team/ And going down the rabbit hole, the Time AI trailer has some visual similarity to : http://getconnected.resonance.is/# http://getconnected.resonance.is/# A 2016 documentary pushed by Resonance Academy and Unify about all people being connected, which is also the mantra of torus tech (because obviously they are the same people...) And if you look at the (paid) delegate program of the resonance academy (https://academy.resonance.is/ https://academy.resonance.is/), in the list of module down the page, you'll find Robert Grant and Adam Apollo. Here is the module from Robert Grant: https://academy.resonance.is/language-of-light/ https://academy.resonance.is/language-of-light/ >This course attempts to unlock the mysteries of science and esoterica from a wholistic perspective, combining history and ancient sites, ageless symbology, polymathic philosophy, biology, musical theory and alchemy. >We also explore the practical application of these mathematical discoveries and how they can be utilized along with hertz EMGR (Electro-Magneto-Gravito-Radiativity) to better understand time, the Inverse Square Law, biology, DNA genotypic and phenotypic expression, vacuum energy and matter transmutation. So it is all circular referencing, but honestly this is kinda fascinating.
mattkevan 7y ago
Just spent the last 15 minutes reading through their websites in quiet amazement. How do they get funding? Why do people pay them? When your ‘director of cryptography’ has this in his bio, surely something’s up: > dedicated the last fifteen years to decrypting mathematical codes in Shakespeare’s writings that have revealed unknown sacred geometry hidden in the pyramids of Giza. Another of their companies sells patches that relieves pain through the magic of quantum physics. Something about the energies of healing substances that unlock a pain relieving carrier wave. Yikes.
- pjc50 7y ago
  It's like audiophiles; there's not too many people who believe it, but enough of the ones that do have enough disposable income to make a great grift.
  - whymauri 7y ago
    I'm genuinely confused here... some audio equipment does actually sound better than other audio equipment. Are you referring to snake oil audio cable salesmen?
    - pjc50 7y ago
      Yes, the latter, and a lot of the really expensive home audio kit.
    - RL_Quine 7y ago
      "Audiophiles" are generally associated with not high end audio equipment at absurd costs and no reasoning. Oxygen free copper cabling, making sure your cables are isolated from the floor on little stands to reduce the vibration they absorb, "burning in" amplifiers for thousands of hours to improve the flavor of the output in a supposedly perceptible way. Many behaviors with the consistency of rubbing deer blood on your car hood to give it bloodlust, and therefor extra speed.
      - mxuribe 7y ago
prepend 7y ago
I think it’s funny that the portfolio page has a quite by Daniel Pink. Pink is like a pop culture, Malcolm Gladwell type. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But it also doesn’t really provide ethos from an established authority. Picking quotes is interesting, I think, as it gives a sense of the author and what the author values.
tristan123456 7y ago
Looking around, all of the LinkedIn profiles I could find for these people look suspiciously empty and suspiciously similar. Most of them have only worked at companies closely related to that parent company. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritza-banda-116806120 https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritza-banda-116806120 / https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-foster-039805111 https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-foster-039805111 / https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-nangle-b60255173 https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-nangle-b60255173
DonHopkins 7y ago
Strathspey Clown

p1esk 7y ago

But the interesting part is that at least some of the people involved in these companies seem real (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-val-baker-47047123/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-val-baker-47047123/)

RL_Quine 7y ago
One of the products seems to be real and FDA approved. https://www.drugs.com/newdrugs/fda-approves-jeuveau-prabotulinumtoxina-xvfs-temporary-improvement-appearance-frown-lines-4911.html https://www.drugs.com/newdrugs/fda-approves-jeuveau-prabotul...
- elliekelly 7y ago
  I don’t understand what it supposedly does that’s any different/better than Botox?
  - RL_Quine 7y ago
    The text suggests whatever it is, it’s close enough to botox for it not to matter.
goodmachine 7y ago
Real people, fronting unreal businesses. Here is their head of Business Development, Designer, and Cryptography Advisor https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamapollo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamapollo/
- seren 7y ago
  Another page on achievement from the same group. https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ Including Mr. Apollo After having a vision of the Universe as a fractal hologram at the age of 15, he extensively studied a wide variety of branches in theoretical astrophysics, completing major research papers on the potential interface between consciousness and the physics of space-time by the time he graduated High School.
  - andybak 7y ago
    His website is worth a look: https://www.adamapollo.com/ https://www.adamapollo.com/ I'm going to sample a couple of his 27 albums. The cover art alone is a thing to behold. EDIT - I'm beginning to think we've got this all wrong. It's not a scam - it's a cult.
    - seren 7y ago
      Found another one from the previous link for a more HN friendly topic, a social network. https://core.network/ https://core.network/ What is fascinating is that the partner organization are always referencing other organization in the same "network", so it looks impressive but it is always the same 10-15 people. For example compare the team https://hiup.org/people/ https://hiup.org/people/ with https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ https://resonance.is/resonance-academy-faculty/ which is mostly the team of the Robert grant's company https://torustech.com/team/ https://torustech.com/team/ And going down the rabbit hole, the Time AI trailer has some visual similarity to : http://getconnected.resonance.is/# http://getconnected.resonance.is/# A 2016 documentary pushed by Resonance Academy and Unify about all people being connected, which is also the mantra of torus tech (because obviously they are the same people...) And if you look at the (paid) delegate program of the resonance academy (https://academy.resonance.is/ https://academy.resonance.is/), in the list of module down the page, you'll find Robert Grant and Adam Apollo. Here is the module from Robert Grant: https://academy.resonance.is/language-of-light/ https://academy.resonance.is/language-of-light/ >This course attempts to unlock the mysteries of science and esoterica from a wholistic perspective, combining history and ancient sites, ageless symbology, polymathic philosophy, biology, musical theory and alchemy. >We also explore the practical application of these mathematical discoveries and how they can be utilized along with hertz EMGR (Electro-Magneto-Gravito-Radiativity) to better understand time, the Inverse Square Law, biology, DNA genotypic and phenotypic expression, vacuum energy and matter transmutation. So it is all circular referencing, but honestly this is kinda fascinating.

mattkevan 7y ago

Just spent the last 15 minutes reading through their websites in quiet amazement. How do they get funding? Why do people pay them? When your ‘director of cryptography’ has this in his bio, surely something’s up: > dedicated the last fifteen years to decrypting mathematical codes in Shakespeare’s writings that have revealed unknown sacred geometry hidden in the pyramids of Giza. Another of their companies sells patches that relieves pain through the magic of quantum physics. Something about the energies of healing substances that unlock a pain relieving carrier wave. Yikes.

pjc50 7y ago
It's like audiophiles; there's not too many people who believe it, but enough of the ones that do have enough disposable income to make a great grift.
- whymauri 7y ago
  I'm genuinely confused here... some audio equipment does actually sound better than other audio equipment. Are you referring to snake oil audio cable salesmen?
  - pjc50 7y ago
    Yes, the latter, and a lot of the really expensive home audio kit.
  - RL_Quine 7y ago
    "Audiophiles" are generally associated with not high end audio equipment at absurd costs and no reasoning. Oxygen free copper cabling, making sure your cables are isolated from the floor on little stands to reduce the vibration they absorb, "burning in" amplifiers for thousands of hours to improve the flavor of the output in a supposedly perceptible way. Many behaviors with the consistency of rubbing deer blood on your car hood to give it bloodlust, and therefor extra speed.
    - mxuribe 7y ago

prepend 7y ago

I think it’s funny that the portfolio page has a quite by Daniel Pink. Pink is like a pop culture, Malcolm Gladwell type. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But it also doesn’t really provide ethos from an established authority. Picking quotes is interesting, I think, as it gives a sense of the author and what the author values.

tristan123456 7y ago

Looking around, all of the LinkedIn profiles I could find for these people look suspiciously empty and suspiciously similar. Most of them have only worked at companies closely related to that parent company. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritza-banda-116806120 https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritza-banda-116806120 / https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-foster-039805111 https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-foster-039805111 / https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-nangle-b60255173 https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-nangle-b60255173

DonHopkins 7y ago

Strathspey Clown