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<p>Create biographical page for person listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists (web-verified; red-link batch 8)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox scientist<br /> | name = David John Oates<br /> | nationality = Australian<br /> | known_for = Reverse Speech<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;David John Oates&#039;&#039;&#039; is an Australian author and researcher known for developing the concept of &quot;Reverse Speech.&quot; He is listed in &#039;&#039;[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Reverse Speech==<br /> Oates proposes that while speaking, people simultaneously and unconsciously produce a second stream of communication that can be heard when a recording of their speech is played backwards. He argues that these reversed segments reveal hidden meanings reflecting the speaker&#039;s innermost thoughts, and he claims applications for the idea in fields such as psychotherapy, criminology and negotiation. He began this research in the mid-1980s in Australia, later worked in the United States, and has published books and audio material on the subject as well as appearing in numerous media interviews.<br /> <br /> The idea has not been accepted by mainstream science. Linguists and skeptics regard Reverse Speech as pseudoscience, noting the absence of a testable theoretical basis and the subjective nature of the claimed reversed messages.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://davidoates.com/ David Oates – official website]<br /> * [https://reversespeech.com/ Reverse Speech]<br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_speech Reverse speech – Wikipedia]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Scientist|Oates David John]]<br /> [[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]</div>

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