RE: Whatever Happened to all the "Invisible Things" We Saw as Kids?

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Hello! Interesting read.

Well, shared delusional disorder does exist. That definitely has to do with some strange experiences that some people have, but most of the time I don't think the experience is due to a syndrome.

I think the easiest explanation for many of those "visions" is a perceptual error combined with a very suggestive mind and sometimes a bit of intoxication. There are many natural phenomena that people mistakenly attribute to supernatural things, but that is due to their prior beliefs, their biases.

On the other hand, I'm afraid ESP has long since been disproved by science, although every now and then, due to incredible methodological errors and a lot of luck, there is a false positive that even gets published in a journal, only to be disproved shortly thereafter because it fails replication tests.

There was also a contest offering a million dollars to whoever would demonstrate ESP under proper observational conditions. Many psychics and such people showed up, but no one was even able to pass the preliminary tests.

Now, if someday it is demonstrated that human beings can possess a strange ability, it does not have to be "supernatural". It will just be recognized as something real and natural. For example, there have been many attempts to prove that humans can sense magnetic fields like other animals. If that were true, perhaps it could explain a natural ability that at the moment they call "extrasensory perception".

Well, I've gone on long enough. All this is well documented. I'm sure google will help you if you want to verify the information.

Cheers.



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