Emil Páleš draws his basic philosophy mainly from Rudolf Steiner. However, there is verified information (feel free to verify it for yourself) that Rudolf Steiner was a member of the Thule Society, of which Adolf Hitler was also a member. Furthermore, Steiner and Hitler were good friends and associates. So who is Emil Páleš, who draws his philosophy from a friend of Hitler and a member of the black-magic Thule Society?
Of course, I have neither the time nor the motivation to read Páleš’s most significant work, *Angelology of History*, but I looked at what is written about this pseudo-scientific esoteric work on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is very strongly biased and one-sided in favor of Páleš; the Wikipedia article was written by his supporters, and everything is presented in a positive light. Despite this, one can find many interesting pieces of information on Wikipedia, which I will publish here:
Wikipedia: (According to Páleš’s work *Angelology of History*, the basic idea is): cultural and natural forms are analogous (for example, the physiology, wedding plumage, rituals, and behavior of courting birds are a complex analogy of the High Gothic period with its garments, troubadours, and knightly duels). My comment: that is absolute esoteric madness to see some connection between the behavior of courting birds and the Gothic style!!!
Wikipedia: (According to Páleš’s work *Angelology of History*, the basic idea is): Animal and plant forms arose during evolution through the somatization (embodiment) of prevailing mental processes and forms of behavior into physiology and organ structure (for example, the organ structure and physiology of birds is the embodiment of being in love). My comment: how can being in love be somehow related to the physical organs of birds? Only a total madman could say something like this.
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Páleš relies heavily on statistics. Páleš’s statistics were handled by Miroslav Mikulecký, who should be an expert because he is a professor of biometry http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Mikuleck%C3%BD Well, who is Mr. Mikulecký? He is a total esoteric madman, and his views are here; this is a literal quote of his words: “Biological rhythms are the result of the influence of cosmic factors—the rotation of the Earth on its axis, the tilt of the Earth’s axis, the position of the Moon, and solar activity. The Sun affects us through its activity, and that depends on the number of sunspots, solar magnetism, or solar wind. We are constantly bombarded from the cosmos by waves of magnetic storms, cosmic radiation, neutrons. As early as 1927, Vítězslav Nezval writes in his *Edison*: ‘…and the night trembled like a prairie under the blows of the stellar artillery,’ which is, of course, no proof, but it is certainly interesting. The world-renowned Russian scientist Alexander Chizhevsky (1897 – 1964) proved from a massive amount of factual material that the biological rhythms of man, and thus the social rhythms of humanity, depend on the rhythmic activity of the Sun. He derived patterns that govern, for example, epidemics of various diseases,” Source of information http://www.sme.sk/c/2661854/biologicky-rytmus-tanec-v-objati-slnka.html
Mr. Mikulecký should visit a psychiatrist for his insane views.
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Páleš has received only two awards. One prize is from the Czech Skeptics Club; it is the “Erratic Boulder” award, which is an anti-award intended to mock Páleš’s pseudo-science. Furthermore, Páleš received the Zdeněk Klein Award for human ethology. By all accounts, however, this is an utterly insignificant award; I found no indication on the internet that this award is of any importance. It seems it is not even an official award of Charles University, but rather an award from the private initiative of two professors. Ethology is the study of human behavior, which is the least essential part of Páleš’s work. Páleš received no awards for statistics or history, which are the key areas of his work—the two things Páleš relies on most in his writing.
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The basis of Páleš’s pseudo-science is the periodicity of history; even the title of the book is *Angelology of History*. The most important area of Páleš’s work is precisely history and historical events. Although Páleš has published reactions from experts on philosophy and statistics on his website, he lacks the position and statement of the most qualified expert: the historian himself. Since I have not been able to find a statement from a historian regarding Páleš anywhere on the internet, we cannot rule out the possibility that Páleš completely invented and distorted historical facts to fit his theory. What historians would certainly criticize Páleš for is that he cherry-picks only those historical events from context that suit his theory. Everything that does not fit his theory, he simply conceals in his book. For example, in a given period, 10 historically significant events occur. Eight events are against his hypothesis and two events are in favor of it. So he conceals those 8 events and in the work *Angelology of History* admits only that these two events happened, because they fit the hypothesis. Something like this, however, has nothing to do with science; it is a pure fraud. Páleš is an open fraudster and is very afraid of historians—he is afraid of the truth.
Páleš and statistics? Total madness!!! Statistics is a branch of mathematics. The most insane thing about Páleš’s pseudo-science is the mixing of statistics with philosophy. In philosophy, what matters is not quantity, but quality. One cannot mix angelological mysticism and babble with mathematics. They are immiscible.
Incidentally, I have a close relative who is a Doctor of Statistics, so I understand statistics quite well. Anyone with a mathematical-statistical education would say that Páleš’s angelology is rubbish. It is easy for Páleš to show off statistics in front of a Catholic priest when the priest has no statistical education http://www.sophia.sk/sites/default/files/Valusek-Pales_komplet.pdf. Correlations can occur anywhere, even in things that can in no way be related to each other (coincidences happen very easily). Even in serious science, one works with correlations, but very, very cautiously, because everyone with a statistical education knows that a correlation is often caused by simple chance (this can happen in up to 30% of completely random, unrelated statistical measurements). In serious science, correlations are considered relevant only when it is clearly demonstrated that it is more than just a correlation—that it is a causal consequence or a causal relationship. Furthermore, Páleš has a huge tolerance for correlation deviation in his statistics—with such a low level of criticality, everything could be related to everything. Statisticians would most likely consider Páleš a refined fraudster, and I think so too: those statistical data that do not fit him, Páleš conceals, and those that fit him, he presents. It is very easy to play with numbers until they fit my theory. Naturally, Páleš did not ask for an opinion from any statistician regarding his pseudo-science, because as a fraudster, he would know well how it would turn out. A statistician would label Páleš a total madman and a master of pseudo-science.
With Páleš’s statistical criticality, we could even say something as absurd as: people get cancer based on how often they eat chocolate. And I mean that dead seriously—if you throw such things into statistical programs, you really can reach a conclusion with about 30% probability that cancer depends on the amount of chocolate eaten. As I already mentioned, in serious science, one works with statistics very cautiously.
Statistician Doc. RNDr. Gejza Dohnal, CSc., says exactly the same thing I am saying, only using technical arguments that are less clear to a layman. Statistician Mr. Dohnal speaks openly about the pure and total manipulation of Páleš’s statistics. From Mr. Dohnal’s professional arguments, it follows only that Páleš is a pure fraudster and an intentional manipulator. Furthermore, Páleš did not even discuss this with Dohnal; Páleš has the last word there, there is no discussion. Páleš probably just took Mr. Dohnal’s article from somewhere and then commented on it without actually engaging in a discussion with him. Here it is clearly visible that Mr. Páleš is incapable of discussion http://www.sophia.sk/system/files/Dohnal-Pales-komplet.pdf
Regarding argumentation, Mr. Dohnal clearly won there; Páleš’s arguments carry no weight. It is true that an average layman will not understand it; Páleš relies precisely on the fact that no one will understand a highly technical discussion, and so he can somehow fool average, uninformed laypeople. However, I, as someone who understands the issue, say that the truth is clearly on Dohnal’s side.
Listener’s reaction to Páleš’s embarrassment on SV radio: yes, emil has a problem with communication, it is visible in how he likes to talk but listens little. on the other hand, one must understand him. For 20 years, no one has taken him seriously, he was more or less alone in everything, and so it is no wonder that he now has a problem reintegrating among people. One needs to have patience with him. this is not a critique of the content of his statements.
Listener’s contribution: Páleš consciously misleads and lies more than once; he likes to invent things to hide his dark intentions, to get control over people who fall for him, and if someone then hesitates, he often tortures them mentally, meaning he attacks their psyche. Of course, such a thing is hard to prove, but I believe that people will speak up, mainly women, who went through this, who fell for him, and who got out of it….
Emil Páleš is a black magician, SV listener’s comment
In the broadcast, Emil Páleš actually publicly admitted that the author of the book *Eternal Laws*, Natália Makedonová, labeled him a sorcerer. But who would believe in spells and sorcerers nowadays, right? However, it is enough to Google something about psychotronics, especially regarding weapons, and a person suddenly loses their certainty. If our inconspicuous angelologist by pure chance progressed in this area, then his claim that he predicted the death of that woman appears in a slightly different light. What if he didn’t predict it, but caused it directly? There were several people in the car during that accident. One died, nothing happened to the others. And another conspiracy theory is born. 😀