Eldad Eshel #conspiracy

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There is much evidence of telepathy and the "supernatural" in general, but science refuses to accept it. They seem to not be able to prove it, and according to wikipedia scientific proof of it is yet to be had. Uri Geller for example, scientific researches were conducted on him at a university, and they came up with positive results, this seems like scientific proof to me. (You can look on his website for the actual scientific paper.)
I believe that if science discovers telepathy and the "supernatural" it will be quite a breakthrough, and quite a step forward for science.
I believe that the speed of telepathy is infinite, that it warps somehow through space. This can hold the key to space travel, and to a breakthrough in science, as it is still holds the notion that the speed of light is the highest speed, not a very fast speed for space travel.
I have a request, and it is for everyone to encourage science to research telepathy and the supernatural.

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"If Uri said it it must be true" is very unconvincing to me. Your source is primary with a conflict of interest and notorious for deceiving with "magic" tricks. It's true that there's no evidence of successful telepathy, only impressions of people with their biases and many anecdotal stories.

This reminds me of people interacting with animals and seeing more to it than what animals can really understand, projecting their own into them. Some even claim to communicate telepathically with them. It turns out that for pets rituals and body language are very important and some will even recognize situations by odor. A well established relationship with a tamed pet is enriching and there is actual communication, but the pet still only understands the basics that interest them greatly and within the limits of their intelligence. Attention, affection, food, play, prey, some level of empathy/trust messaging, etc.

With humans, we also assume a lot, but there's much more non-spoken baggage that is shared, including cultural aspects. That's also why "telepathy" appears to "work better" with very familiar people, especially a brother or sister. People also tend to involuntarily give out many clues. But some substances also give illusions of much deeper telepathy, notably hallucinogens like psilocybin and LSD. These delusions not only include impressions of telepathy with people, but also some of deep communion with nature, sensations that recall animism (which may also partly derive from such human experiences), etc. One of the unfortunate symptoms of psychosis is the fear that other people are invading and reading their thoughts.

Then there's divination: many people self-trick into believing that there's really something special at work (autodeception).

As part of the scientific method, it's important to take common human mistakes and biases in consideration. So techniques like double blind experiments and declaring/avoiding confict of interests help.

Eldad Eshel #conspiracy shroomery.org

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