How to perform telekinesis

Question

I am skeptical about telekinesis because I've never been able to perform it or see it done in person.

Answer 1

You are wise to be skeptical.Telekinesis is probably something you'll never see.For good reason,there's no such thing.Of that I am virtually positive.

Answer 2

I'm also skeptical, but there are reports of it happening. It also explains certain kinds of other paranormal activities, too (such as poltergeists, one of which I've personally witnessed). There are numerous reports that have never been truly investigated or explained that may have happened. The best research says that it's accidental at best if it even happens, because there has never been a validated report where it was done intentionally (the intentional ones have been almost uniformly debunked as frauds)

Oh, and... consult quantum physics before you go quoting the laws of physics to me, Eri, I have friends in higher math places, one of whom says it might actually be possible under the right conditions.

Answer 3

That's a good reason to be skeptical, but keep at it. Learn about the history of telekinesis, who is studying it, what's been able to be confirmed experimentally and reproducibly, etc. If you find out what I've found, your opinion on telekinesis won't change, but you'll be better informed which is not a bad thing :)  Don't fall for the current pop science panacea excuse of the day, quantum mechanics, as a reason to believe in it. QM is very real and an incredibly well confirmed realm of physics, but it is probably safe to say that anyone who is proposing QM as an explanation for telekinesis (telekinesis needs to be confirmed as real before it merits an explanation) has never even solved the wave equation let alone a mathematical derivation supporting such a notion.

I've given you a link below to a comprehensive paper on the history of psi, you'll enjoy it I'm sure.

Answer 4

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Stanislawa Tomczyk- Born in Poland, Tomczyk came to the attention of investigators when it was reported that startling poltergeist-like activity occurred spontaneously around her. She could control some telekinetic feats, but only under hypnosis. In this hypnotic state, Tomczyk took on a personality that called itself "Little Stasia" who could levitate small objects when Tomczyk placed her hands on either side of them. In the early 1900s, one investigator, Julien Ochorowicz, watched these levitations at very close range and observed something like fine threads emanating from her palms and fingers, although they were examined carefully before the experiment. And it didn't seem to be a trick. "When the medium separates her hands," Ochorowicz observed, "the thread gets thinner and disappears; it gives the same sensation as a spider's web. If it is cut with scissors, its continuity is immediately restored." In 1910, Tomczyk was tested by a group of scientists at the Physical Laboratory in Warsaw where she produced remarkable physical phenomena under strict test conditions.

Nina Kulagina- One of the most celebrated and scrutinized psychics to claim psychokinetic powers was Nina Kulagina, a Russian woman who discovered her abilities while attempting to develop other psychic powers. Reportedly, she has demonstrated her powers by mentally moving a wide range of nonmagnetic objects, including matches, bread, large crystal bowls, clock pendulums, a cigar tube and a salt shaker among other things. Some of these demonstrations have been captured on film. The skeptics contend, of course, that her abilities would not stand up to scientific testing, and that she may be nothing more that a clever magician.

Uri Geller-Geller is one of the most well-known "psychics" who has publicly demonstrated feats of psychokinesis: spoon and key bending have become almost synonymous with Geller's name. Although many skeptics and magicians consider his metal-bending performances nothing more than adroit sleight-of-hand, Geller has allegedly shown that he can manifest the effects over great distances and in multiple locations. On a British radio show in 1973, after demonstrating key bending to the astonishment of the host, Geller invited the listening audience to participate. Just minutes later, phone calls began pouring into the radio station from listeners all over the UK reporting that knives, forks, spoons, keys and nails began to bend and twist spontaneously. Watches and clocks that had not run in years began to work. It was an event whose success surprised even Geller and thrust him into the spotlight.

Some magicians may be able to duplicate some of these effects, but there may be legitimacy to this telekinetic phenomenon. In April, 2001, University of Arizona psychology professor Gary Schwartz conducted a "spoon-bending party" at which about 60 students were able to bend spoons and forks, with varying degrees of success, seemingly with the power of their minds.

you can't do it if you dont believe

Answer 5

When most people say they have never been able to perform telekinesis (now called psychokinesis in the scientific research literature) they usually mean they couldn't levitate an apple or move a match stick without touching them.

In the realm of any other human ability this would be like saying that you are skeptical of professional basketball players because when you tried it out you couldn't make your baskets as often as Kobe Bryant.

Very few people have possibly demonstrated psychokinesis on a large scale (Uri Geller, Nina Kulagina) and even those demonstrations are still highly controversial.

So, if you really want to see if psychokinesis is possible get a random  number generator or some dice and start trying to influence the outcome, recording the results (hit and miss), learn at least some basic statistics (or find someone good at statistics) to analyze your results.

I myself have never seen an aspirin actually prevent a heart attack but if one reads the scientific research literature on this very small but real effect one can see that it does help even if the effect is to small to see for yourself in one person.

If you read the literature on PK you will see a very real (but very small) effect.

Psiexploration

Answer 6

The truth is that science hasn't caught up with nature yet.  But they're getting there.  Never say never because the minute you do someone will show how is can be.  I don't remember the name of the man that bent the spoons but I saw a film when it was still difficult to fake films.  So now science is saying it might be possible.  Any one read Schrodinger's cat?

Answer 7

You're right to be skeptical.  You can add 'and it breaks the laws of physics' to your list.