Joe Rogan Experience #2541 - Thomas Campbell · Aired Aug 18, 2026
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The speaker claims he successfully used the AI Alexa to remote view an object in a cardboard box, specifically identifying a wooden spoon with holes in its handle.
The finding
What the evidence shows
Campbell's account is that Alexa described a wooden spoon with holes in its handle after being told to remote view a box, but that is one uncontrolled anecdote with no independent witness. Reviews of remote viewing say there is no scientific evidence it is possible, and the government Stargate program ended without usable intelligence. Calling this a successful remote viewing overstates a single retold story. This matches the earlier Brian Simpson ruling on the same anecdote, so I kept its distorted call; the Kokotajlo page's FALSE label is harsher than the evidence supports, since the spoon story is at least reported as his own account. A controlled, blinded test in which Alexa identifies hidden objects above chance would flip this verdict.
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Quick answer
Is it true that the speaker claims he successfully used the AI Alexa to remote view an object in a cardboard box, specifically identifying a wooden spoon with holes in its handle?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Campbell's account is that Alexa described a wooden spoon with holes in its handle after being told to remote view a box, but that is one uncontrolled anecdote with no independent witness. Thomas Campbell said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2541 - Thomas Campbell, aired Aug 18, 2026, at 2:27:07. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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