Psychic Abilities....fact or fiction?

[KamiKazeKenji]

Oh, yes I do believe in psychic abilities and magic...
Most of those psychics out there are probably fakers... The true telepaths are probably hiding their abilities...

I mean, think about it, if your friend could read your heart like an open book would you want to be near them?

[Furore]

I personally believe that some who claim to be psychics aren't full of shit.
But I'm wondering if their powers are actually the ability to do unusual things with little extra effort, or if it's actually that they're more aware of everything around them and can make accurate predictions based on that.

I say this as locally some feel I may be psychic as I can predict things that almost always end up happening (though rarely more than a few minutes ahead of when I predict them). I don't see myself as psychic though, it's more that I'm very much aware of how even the smaller things around me are interacting. Radom things like how small bodies of water will join to form larger ones, the effect they'll have on whatever they pass over, noises (where they are, what the material is, an approximate proximity etc) and just crap like that. It's constantly going through my mind and I make predictions based solely on things like these. It's very limited though in that it can't allow a good prediction of what a person or animal will do (as their behaviour is often far from conforming). It's more I can sense what they're doing even when out of direct sight at times.

As for anything more than predictions (I'm willing to believe that some may be able to make them very far ahead if their mind can process it and they have the ability to process the information well enough), I'm willing to believe it if I can see it. I'm yet to see someone move an object telepathically apart from in videos which are often obviously fake.

[Pete]

I'm still not sold on this. Nathan, I've had similar experiences to what you've had, but I feel that I just chalk them up to knowing how objects will react, due to experience. Personally, I'd consider it along the lines of having a keen eye for detail, and just knowing how nature acts. In essence, we're both attuned to nature, maybe moreso than others, maybe not. As for knowing the sounds generated by certain things, I also feel like it can chalked up to experience. Being that we're all adults for the most part, we've been around different materials and different surfaces and the like, to just know what certain things sound like, especially if we have experience outdoors. Now, it's one thing to know that someone dropped a plumbing pipe on the floor, but it's completely something else to know that someone dropped a copper coupling onto Indiana limestone, without seeing it.

It's almost as if we just already have knowledge of what metal sounds like, or wood, glass, etc, when it falls. We'd also have some sort of knowledge of the general layout of wherever we are. If a glass shatters on a hard surface, we can assume it's the kitchen, perhaps the bathroom. Oftentimes, it's all just a matter of how well one pays attention to little details. People tend to overlook the little things, and they usually give away the most revealing info.

At the same time, it all could just be the fact that nature is somewhat predictable, even within humans, especially when behind the wheel. I can just sense stupidity when I'm in a car, pointing things out to people that they might not realize. Oftentimes, it might be just knowing that someone will cut me off, or it could be knowing someone is gonna turn without using their directional. People ask me how I know these things, and to me, it's just common sense. I would know that these things would happen. Then again, I don't consider this psychic or even gifted, since I just assume everyone on the road is full blown retarded, and will do the dumbest thing humanly possible at any time. So for the 5 times I'm right in a day, I might be wrong 1000.

I think that it's just a matter of generating so many possible scenarios for things in your head, that when we wind up guessing right, we feel kinda good or special about it.

Also, I have a knack for getting Final Jeopardy right... before the question is even asked. For instance, one time the final category was "classic rock." Immediately, I said "Dark Side of the Moon." The question was something along the lines of "this 1973 platinum album was originally going to be called 'echoes', but the name was already taken by another band." I wound up being right.

Another time, the final category was "wonders of the world" or something similar. Before the commercial break, I said "the pyramids" and wound up being right.

I don't really consider this to be anything out of the ordinary though, but I have friends who think I'm psychic. Truth of the matter is that some categories make it easier than others to "blindfire" at. Sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss.

I feel the same way about psychics in general, as the article I posted months ago states.

As far as ESP and the ability to generate fire and use telekinesis, I think that's all bullshit as well. It's never been seen, never been proven, and if anyone ever focuses as intensely as they do on TV shows, then a, you'll give yourself a coronary, or b, you'll crap your pants.

[Furore]

That's basically what I was saying.

I feel some may just have a 'greater eye for detail' than others. Myself I have a aspergers syndrome and am known for my above average hearing. On the flipside while I used to have equally sharp vision (often being able to do things like spot a pin amongst blades of grass) my vision's gone shitty due to bad genetics there and I need glasses to read or play video games.

I'm near impossible to ambush unless I don't consider the sound of a person a threat (which actually bit me in the ass once) and can also hear noises further away or just softer than some can unless I've been to a party or something and have that faint ringing which does annoy me to no end through not being able to hear so well.

My main point was that some real seeming psychics mightn't be full of shit but merely more aware of the things around them (possibly not in their own mind) which leads to them thinking themselves psychic. If they think they're getting psychic information and don't realise it's just the way they're interpreting things on the go, what other good explanations may they find?

And yeah, I'm of the mind that I'll see some abilities to believe them, but as there's so many reports of them which may be based on something more concrete, so I do find it plausible that some might have such abilities. I get the feeling it may be under 1% of people making the claim for some reason.

[DarkEternal]

Then, if i may ask, what about those with telekinetic powers? That probably classified under the abilities of a Psychic, i should believe so...

(Telekinetic powers= making things float by just willing it.... Imagine Jean Gray from X-Men)

[Furore]

Then, if i may ask, what about those with telekinetic powers? That probably classified under the abilities of a Psychic, i should believe so...

(Telekinetic powers= making things float by just willing it.... Imagine Jean Gray from X-Men)

And yeah, I'm of the mind that I'll see some abilities to believe them, but as there's so many reports of them which may be based on something more concrete, so I do find it plausible that some might have such abilities. I get the feeling it may be under 1% of people making the claim for some reason.

While some may be able to do it, I'll be highly skeptical of any individual's claim unless I see them doing it and they've done it in an environment where it would be near impossible to fake it.

I personally wouldn't instantly discount some claimed abilities as I've seen and experienced some pretty weird shit every so often. Maybe it's all just my imagination (maybe it's just their imaginations) but it's one of those things that can't easily be disproven for everyone making such a claim so I'd think some abilities highly unlikely yet still not impossible. I get surprised by unusual talents I've thought impossible enough times it ain't funny...

Granted most are things more easily explained like those contortionists that can fit in small boxes and stuff, but yeah, thought that kind of thing an illusion until I actually saw it performed.

[little.miss.VIOLENT]

I would have to say that yes, I do believe in psychic ability, although I understand why some people do not. I believe that there are many real psychics out there, but due to the stereotype presented by all the impostors, they do not reveal themselves. I also believe that the majority of human existence possess some amount of psychic ability. Ever heard of deja vu? This is usually experienced after a subconcious "premonition" of the future, which usually happens while asleep. However, as you are asleep, you pass the premonition off as simply a dream, and when the event itself occurs, voila, deja vu.

However, if you have never actually experienced this, it is easy to see how you would be lead to believe that psychic ability does not exist. You can go see Madame Theresa in the gypsie district, but the truth is, she's probably a fake. Many people pretend to be psychic simply to earn money, as there are many who believe their power is real. I'm not saying that EVERY public psychic is a fake, but they're not all Phoebe Halliwell.

[zodiark12]

I think some mental capabilities are true but most are not I mean Telekinetic powers( the ability to move objects with the mind) is just silly but mind readers and their sort are entirely believable.

[iLinki]

I not sure about psychics. I don't believe the future is writ in stone but sometimes there are certain things that I do believe in.
Like several times I've had dreams about places I've never seen or recognize and a few weeks to a month I'd recognize the place form my dreams. This happened when I moved from one state to three states further north.
I think there might be people who can maybe see hints of the future, but looking into the past and sensing what others had been through seems more likely, since the past can't be changed.

[RamesesII]

I believe psychics is a fact. Humans only use a small percentage of the brain and i have read that scientist may even believe that humans posses the ability to time travel they believe that the human brain may contain a small segment dedicated to time. I do believe in mediums and the like can use portions of the brain that ordinary people can't, portions of the brain that scientist still fully don't understand. They can tap into the brains resources. I mean we are an evolving race the possibilities are endless. Will there be a time in the future where we can all speak telepathically no one knows.

[Fate]

Okay, sorry bout that one post(i know what sarcasm is!)

Anyway, I still think psychic is fake because if it wasn't why didn't anyone predicted 911?
How come every time someone predicts the end of the world, it's dead wrong?
Why do psychics ask for your name?