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A good friend of mine, who came to Europe when he was 17, once said to me: "in Africa you see things that you just can not believe as a European". He told me ho

A good friend of mine, who came to Europe when he was 17, once said to me: "in Africa you see things that you just can not believe as a European". He told me how in places without electricity, small villages, really "creepy vibes" exist. For example one story where, in broad daylight there is a cow lying on the side of the road. Blood runs from the cow across the road to the other side. It's not broad daylight there, it's pitch black where the trail of the blood ends. The sky, the street, everything. He says almost every African from smaller areas knows these experiences. In the West, such things are horror stories. Another friend kind of jokingly said it might be „due to radiation, which affects the crazy energies of nature“ in the west. That‘s why we don‘t have these sightings. I know, no scientific contribution, but finally the possibility to share this story in a proper forum. Because what makes me think: my friend is smart, not crazy and told it very convincingly. At least in such a way that I believe that he has seen it. That doesn't make it real, I know, but kind of scary for a European. In corners of South America without infrastructure I have also experienced very strange situations and felt the darkest energies, had the weirdest encounters and strangest hallucinations... Anyways, i am glad that for me, these are just stories. I don‘t want to be the guy that has one of those encounters and then has to either forget about it or fight for his credibility.

jansan 6y ago
Thanks for sharing this. There could be all kinds of scientific explanations, but I like the idea that there is too much energy in the developed countries that fogs our senses. I often hear a deep hum late at night, which is most certainly caused by a pump running somehwere in the neighborhood. It almost drove me crazy for a while, but then I decided to simply ignore it. I can still hear it, but it does not bother me anymore. In other words, I delibertately decided to dumb down a bit.
K0balt 6y ago
I've sometimes pondered about the effect of observation on reality, and how, as in shrodingers cat, the unobserved might be quite flexible in state. It is interesting to imagine how it might be that more observation might make state more finite, and make possibilities that might be contraindicated by a non-local observer impossible to observe locally, tangentially related to the way that when something becomes more isolated in distance or time the less certainty we can attach to details of observation. It might be that things can be locally observed that are not globally tenable as long as the interactions between the light cone of the effects of the local observer and the contraindicating observer do not overlap in such a way that the inconsistancy would contraindicate the act of observation. Probably irrelevant, but it is interesting to note that the rituals of many forms of "magic" "purification" can be characterized as attempting to create precisely this kind of causality barrier between the practicioner and the outside world. It is rediculous but interesting to ponder how with so many less observers and so much less communication/interaction between distant observers, perhaps reality was once more flexible.
- tjansen 6y ago
  Whenever I read about stuff like that, it reminds me that a simulation would probably have some kind of 'lazy calculation' mechanism that only calculates something when it is actually needed. It makes no sense to simulate every particle in the universe if not every particle is actually observed. But if people do indeed notice such a glitch in reality, maybe there is a way to exploit it? How can it be determined whether something is observed?
- mekkkkkk 6y ago
  It's interesting to ponder for sure, but be careful to not fall into a Deepak Chopra-style hole. The observer effect is so viciously perfect for misunderstanding, mysticism and exploitation. I'm not very informed when it comes to QM, but there seems to be a lot of extrapolation from similarly uninformed people about its consequences or underlying causes.

jansan 6y ago

Thanks for sharing this. There could be all kinds of scientific explanations, but I like the idea that there is too much energy in the developed countries that fogs our senses. I often hear a deep hum late at night, which is most certainly caused by a pump running somehwere in the neighborhood. It almost drove me crazy for a while, but then I decided to simply ignore it. I can still hear it, but it does not bother me anymore. In other words, I delibertately decided to dumb down a bit.

K0balt 6y ago

I've sometimes pondered about the effect of observation on reality, and how, as in shrodingers cat, the unobserved might be quite flexible in state. It is interesting to imagine how it might be that more observation might make state more finite, and make possibilities that might be contraindicated by a non-local observer impossible to observe locally, tangentially related to the way that when something becomes more isolated in distance or time the less certainty we can attach to details of observation. It might be that things can be locally observed that are not globally tenable as long as the interactions between the light cone of the effects of the local observer and the contraindicating observer do not overlap in such a way that the inconsistancy would contraindicate the act of observation. Probably irrelevant, but it is interesting to note that the rituals of many forms of "magic" "purification" can be characterized as attempting to create precisely this kind of causality barrier between the practicioner and the outside world. It is rediculous but interesting to ponder how with so many less observers and so much less communication/interaction between distant observers, perhaps reality was once more flexible.

tjansen 6y ago
Whenever I read about stuff like that, it reminds me that a simulation would probably have some kind of 'lazy calculation' mechanism that only calculates something when it is actually needed. It makes no sense to simulate every particle in the universe if not every particle is actually observed. But if people do indeed notice such a glitch in reality, maybe there is a way to exploit it? How can it be determined whether something is observed?
mekkkkkk 6y ago
It's interesting to ponder for sure, but be careful to not fall into a Deepak Chopra-style hole. The observer effect is so viciously perfect for misunderstanding, mysticism and exploitation. I'm not very informed when it comes to QM, but there seems to be a lot of extrapolation from similarly uninformed people about its consequences or underlying causes.