PamelaDrew on Nostr: Fun trivia ~ Entomology for "tin foil hat" has some who theorize Mason origins but ...

Fun trivia ~ Entomology for "tin foil hat" has some who theorize Mason origins but first print reference for tin foil hat protection from mind was mentioned is 1927 scifi story by Julian Huxley... "The Tissue-Culture King" story of a biologist captured by an African tribe who discovers "caps of metal foil" block telepathy.

The Tissue-Culture King originally published 1926 in Cornhill Magazine & The Yale Review, reprinted 1927 in Amazing Stories original copy page 36... full text readable 8 page save. :~) https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume02Number05/page/n35/mode/2up?view=theater
https://web.archive.org/web/20060427152959/https://www.revolutionsf.com/fiction/tissue/