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Research on the topic will always be, well, tricky. We're talking about determining that the cause of a particular event is nothing more than the most mysteriou

Research on the topic will always be, well, tricky. We're talking about determining that the cause of a particular event is nothing more than the most mysterious system in the entire known universe. Until we can fully understand the brain, we'll never be able to create the kind of universal causality that underpins scientific achievement. If I can do something interesting, say, 7 out of 10 times, science is not going to be happy until it's 10 out of 10. How do you get from 7 out of 10 to 10 out of 10? It could be as simple as changing your diet or as complicated as changing beliefs. Science is only interested in fully-causal relationships. But human beings are the things least-driven by causality in the universe. Which is why we tend to separate 'science' from 'the humanities'. Studying humans is extremely valuable. But they're not deterministic and so you need less rigorous ways to study them.

dosy 8y ago
This is a very good point. Full-causal relationships. With something magic like this, science really will not be happy until it's 10 out of 10. Probably diet, pharmacology, genetics, biome, and beliefs are important, but there's no studies. That would be interesting. I think the human factor also comes into play. Somehow because it's obviously useful, and a human ability, it makes people treat it differently than if we could train a machine or an AI to do it. If there was a psychic AI machine that got 7 out of 10, using some quantum entanglement stuff, everyone would be losing their minds to research and improve it. But as soon as it involves humans, the scholars lose their verve.
- vinceguidry 8y ago
  I have documented a 2 out of 2 experience that I have had on Quora. I'll link it here: https://www.quora.com/How-does-telekinesis-work-Can-our-brainwaves-move-object/answer/Vincent-Guidry-1 https://www.quora.com/How-does-telekinesis-work-Can-our-brai... The sheer mass of human vagary involved in that account presents a nigh-insurmountable obstacle, especially given that one of my determinations was that "if God doesn't want a thing to happen, it won't happen." That all alone kills any attempt to make it repeatable. I suppose I could get together with a researcher and try to explore the space. But unless we can get to rigor and full repeatability, whose going to care?

dosy 8y ago

This is a very good point. Full-causal relationships. With something magic like this, science really will not be happy until it's 10 out of 10. Probably diet, pharmacology, genetics, biome, and beliefs are important, but there's no studies. That would be interesting. I think the human factor also comes into play. Somehow because it's obviously useful, and a human ability, it makes people treat it differently than if we could train a machine or an AI to do it. If there was a psychic AI machine that got 7 out of 10, using some quantum entanglement stuff, everyone would be losing their minds to research and improve it. But as soon as it involves humans, the scholars lose their verve.

vinceguidry 8y ago
I have documented a 2 out of 2 experience that I have had on Quora. I'll link it here: https://www.quora.com/How-does-telekinesis-work-Can-our-brainwaves-move-object/answer/Vincent-Guidry-1 https://www.quora.com/How-does-telekinesis-work-Can-our-brai... The sheer mass of human vagary involved in that account presents a nigh-insurmountable obstacle, especially given that one of my determinations was that "if God doesn't want a thing to happen, it won't happen." That all alone kills any attempt to make it repeatable. I suppose I could get together with a researcher and try to explore the space. But unless we can get to rigor and full repeatability, whose going to care?