Way too much to process here, but my own experience is that on multiple occasions I have had insights pop into my head and I have no idea where they came from. I’m on board with the notion of broader consciousness!
Okay, wow, I need a good stiff drink, followed by a nap. I feel like we're all in an episode of the old "Twilight Zone" series, with a dash of the "Outer Limits", a sprinking of "X-Files", and a hint of "Srranger Things." "Interesting times" indeed!
Sounds like too online bullshit. Plebs are not on the cusp of something big, We’re getting ready for Christmas. If you give up booze and caffeine and sleep 9 hrs a day, you will feel great. However, you will not tap into the mighty consciousness of the universe (and, would you really want to?) We have a test population for such wild claims. Shouldn’t Mormons be the most locked in people on the planet? I’ve been to Utah and Salt Lake City. It didn’t strike me as a creative Mecca. Meanwhile, back in degenerate Rome, the Vatican houses the world’s best art, food and architecture.
Looked up the Telepathy Tapes, and it's what you'd expect: no effort at all in making the test rigorous (mothers on cameras help their kids find the right letter, claims that are directly contradicted by the tapes). Either a grift (you can purchase the tapes, the journalist is raising money), or people desperately wanting to believe.
And, in the "everything old is new again", we've been around this particular bush as recently as the 1970s. Condensed from Wikipedia article on the "Indigo Children".
>> Indigo children are children who are believed to possess special, unusual, and sometimes supernatural traits or abilities. A variety of books, conferences, and related materials have been created surrounding belief in the idea of indigo children and their nature and abilities. The interpretations of these beliefs range from their being the next stage in human evolution to the belief that they are more empathetic and creative than their peers. Some parents choose to label their children who have been diagnosed with learning disabilities as an indigo child to alternatively diagnose them.
At the time, it was ADHD, now it's autism, I guess.
It’s so obviously a grift there isn’t any reason to listen to it.
Unlike much of the woo, it would be trivial to create a rigorous test to prove telepathic powers, and the fact this group hasn’t done so is damning. I’m utterly uninterested in someone attempting to persuade me telepathy works. Set up a rigorous test (total cost $50) and call a local university’s psychology department, you’ll be rich in six months. Do anything else, and yeah, it’s a grift.
Remember the $1M challenge James Randi had? $1M cash to prove any supernatural power? Unclaimed for decades if I remember correctly.
Here’s an analogy. Guy walks up to you on the street, offers to turn your spare change into gold bars. I would first wonder why he’s dressed badly and then run away at top speed. Sitting down and giving him the opportunity to convince me is at best a waste of time, and at worst he’s going to take me for all I’m worth.
Way too much to process here, but my own experience is that on multiple occasions I have had insights pop into my head and I have no idea where they came from. I’m on board with the notion of broader consciousness!
Okay, wow, I need a good stiff drink, followed by a nap. I feel like we're all in an episode of the old "Twilight Zone" series, with a dash of the "Outer Limits", a sprinking of "X-Files", and a hint of "Srranger Things." "Interesting times" indeed!
The Fox Mulder of Substack! I'm here for it.
Sounds like too online bullshit. Plebs are not on the cusp of something big, We’re getting ready for Christmas. If you give up booze and caffeine and sleep 9 hrs a day, you will feel great. However, you will not tap into the mighty consciousness of the universe (and, would you really want to?) We have a test population for such wild claims. Shouldn’t Mormons be the most locked in people on the planet? I’ve been to Utah and Salt Lake City. It didn’t strike me as a creative Mecca. Meanwhile, back in degenerate Rome, the Vatican houses the world’s best art, food and architecture.
Looked up the Telepathy Tapes, and it's what you'd expect: no effort at all in making the test rigorous (mothers on cameras help their kids find the right letter, claims that are directly contradicted by the tapes). Either a grift (you can purchase the tapes, the journalist is raising money), or people desperately wanting to believe.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/telepathy-tapes-prove-we-all-want-believe
And, in the "everything old is new again", we've been around this particular bush as recently as the 1970s. Condensed from Wikipedia article on the "Indigo Children".
>> Indigo children are children who are believed to possess special, unusual, and sometimes supernatural traits or abilities. A variety of books, conferences, and related materials have been created surrounding belief in the idea of indigo children and their nature and abilities. The interpretations of these beliefs range from their being the next stage in human evolution to the belief that they are more empathetic and creative than their peers. Some parents choose to label their children who have been diagnosed with learning disabilities as an indigo child to alternatively diagnose them.
At the time, it was ADHD, now it's autism, I guess.
You’re kidding me, right? There’s no way you can come away from this series with this conclusion if you’ve ACTUALLY listened to it.
That’s true — I haven’t listened to it.
It’s so obviously a grift there isn’t any reason to listen to it.
Unlike much of the woo, it would be trivial to create a rigorous test to prove telepathic powers, and the fact this group hasn’t done so is damning. I’m utterly uninterested in someone attempting to persuade me telepathy works. Set up a rigorous test (total cost $50) and call a local university’s psychology department, you’ll be rich in six months. Do anything else, and yeah, it’s a grift.
Remember the $1M challenge James Randi had? $1M cash to prove any supernatural power? Unclaimed for decades if I remember correctly.
Here’s an analogy. Guy walks up to you on the street, offers to turn your spare change into gold bars. I would first wonder why he’s dressed badly and then run away at top speed. Sitting down and giving him the opportunity to convince me is at best a waste of time, and at worst he’s going to take me for all I’m worth.
This is super interesting!
Have you read Living in Wonder yet?