On 8/11/09, chrysaetos_at_avians.net <chrysaetos_at_avians.net> wrote:
> Zach Collins (Siege) wrote:
> > Funny you would mention that. Y'see, there is a real and tangible
> > difference involved: in people who hear voices, schizophrenics and
> > other mentally ill persons almost exclusively hear negative things,
> > from personal insults to commands to kill others. The people who hear
> > everything else tend to have repeatable experiences which can be
> > validated through blind tests by others with similar receptivity.
> > Also, guidance from said voices and intuitions tends to have positive
> > outcomes, whether it be a deepening of personal faith (which is then
> > vital to that person's emotional health later on) or avoiding a
> > restaurant where the cook sneezed in the soup.
> >
> > It's finding those others who are both receptive and healthy which is
> > the hard part. It's not like they stand out in a crowd.
> >
>
> If this were actually validated by blind tests, people would be getting
> their doctorates proving it. Hell, they could have won ten million
> dollars just by doing it in front of James Randi. I call shenanigans.
Call what you like. It doesn't change what I have seen and experienced.
Note that I didn't say double blind, though it's possible to achieve.
Also, each person may receive a different impression, sometimes even
from a different sense (a touch on the body or a gut urge/intuition
instead of an image or sound), which makes corellation somewhat harder
to manage.
As for standing in front of someone who actively disbelieves, and
passing a test based on intuitive senses and the reception of
energy... well. I would do it; I just need more time and practice. But
Randi is the unpredictable element in this equation: will he maintain
an open mind, or will he actively project his disbelief?
It's all energy. Trying to broadcast digital radio over heavy static
is hard, but Morse Code might get through.
--
Zach Collins
"If code can be speech, then software can be art."
Received on Tue Aug 11 2009 - 15:45:07 CDT