Psychokinesis and Telekinesis??? Are they possible???

Question

if they are i would like a cientific explantion. i would like to know how its possible, if it has to do anything in your brain, and how to do it.

or me i dont think that this is possible its just not logical. how can you move something without you touching it its CRAZY!!!

Answer 1

Being "possible" has two answers: theoretical and empirical. The first provides an explanation compatible with existing scientific theories about how the fabric of reality hangs together. The second provide experimental evidence, independent of theory, that provides proof of principle that the claimed phenomenon exists or doesn't exist.

On the theoretical side there are no widely accepted theoretical explanations for how psychokinesis can work, although the shift from classical to quantum views of reality suggest that physics is slowly coming to realize that mind and matter are not so far apart from each other as previously believed.

On the experimental side there is little doubt that some sort of mind-matter interactions are indeed possible. There are hundreds of published experiments looking at everything from mind interactions with photons to cell cultures to small animals to human physiology and health, and taken as a whole the data is clear to anyone who spends the time to examine it in detail (and understands a good deal about experimental design and statistics).

By the way, there is basically no evidence that psychokinesis is an energetic phenomenon, at least not energetic as in electromagnetic or one of the other primary forces. It manifests much more like an informational or entropic "influence," which is compatible with ideas in physics suggesting that at deep levels of reality all that remains are informational-like relationships. We're talking about a level of reality that is "below" matter and energy, but perhaps not below some reach of the mind.

The citation below is a good reference explaining why mind and matter interact, from a mainstream physics perspective. It's written by two academic physicists from the University of California at Santa Cruz. There is no getting around it -- quantum mechanics is the best physical theory we have at the moment, and the "skeleton in the closet" as these authors put it, is that consciousness is deeply and inextricably embedded into quantum theory.

Answer 2

According to the evidence collected for more than 27 years from scientific experiments yes it is possible.

However, there is no evidence (or claims) that anyone can levitate their friends, throw a fireball, or stop a speeding car.

The evidence is for effecting thrown dice, decaying radio active particles, and random number generators a little over chance. In other words you can't control the slot machine and make it hit every time. You can at best influence it and lose your money very slightly slower.

Many theories have been suggested to explain psychokinesis. The currently most popular theory is entanglement (link below) from quantum mechanics (links below) and this is explored by parapsychologist Dean Radin (link below) in his latest book "Entangled Minds"

Albert Einstein also thought entanglement was CRAZY and could not accept it and called it "Spooky action at a distance" Years after his death Entanglement has been experimentally confirmed (something not possible while he was alive).

Psiexploration

Answer 3

It is crazy, and quantum mechanics has nothing to do with anything supernatural. Sure its peculiar, and there are parts that we don't understand, but that doesn't make it paranormal and accountable for ridiculous phenomena. There seems to be an impression among a lot of people that any science discovered since 1900 has some deep religious meaning attached. Don't pay these people any heed.

Answer 4

Of course, psychokinesis is only "crazy" if you don't understand how it works.  For thousands of years magnetism and magnets were mysterious -- a magnet could move metallic objects from a distance without touching them!  And even with something in between (a sheet of paper or parchment), it still worked.  You could show magnetic influence, but no one could explain it without referring to "spirits" or "magic," or simply "unknown force."  The fact is, with psychokinesis we are at the same point as we were with magnetism a few centuries ago.  We can demonstrate it in properly-organized science experiments, but we don't know what makes it work.  If science is allowed to explore it (and there are those who think it shouldn't be allowed to do so because it _seems_ to violate our current scientific theories) it is quite possible that we will continue to learn more about it until, like magnetism, we come to a better understanding of its causal framework.

Answer 5

not possible

Answer 6

Based on the research to date, the only ostensibly positive results for psychokinesis so far obtained are mired in debate and controversy. This doesn't prove that psychokinesis is impossible, but one would tend to think that if it was a real phenomenon at least some incontrovertible evidence would have been obtained by now. See the first link.

No theories presently exist for psychokinesis, scientifically speaking. In the layman sense, "theory" just means an idea or conjecture, and of course there are plenty examples of that. For example, there is conjecture that quantum mechanics can explain psychokinesis. However, a scientific theory is very very different than mere conjecture (see 2nd link). A scientific theory is a theoretical framework linking established scientific knowledge to new data via a predictive and testable mechanistic explanation that has been experimentally confirmed. There is no such mechanistic linkage between QM and the brain's supposed ability to control action at a distance, and thus of course no experimental confirmation of such. Thus, no theory at all. Scientists and scientifically savvy non-scientists understand this difference between theory and conjecture but unfortunately many paranormal enthusiasts don't.

Answer 7

i think so but cant prove it yet

Answer 8

Probably not possible,you're right it is crazy.

Answer 9

They are possible, but not likely. Quantum mechanics allows for many strange things.

Magnets can move metals without touching them, for instance.

However, we have studied the brain extensively and there seems to be no mechanism for it to project motive energy out of your head. Electrical currents can create fields that can affect things remotely, but the amount of electrical voltage put out by the brain is not significant enough to produce visible results. Even if it was, the electrical energy in the brain isn't able to be focused consciously to any end.

Now, it could be possible, by sheer infinite chance, that a mutant brain pushing high voltage with immense training in controlling its own nerve impulses could affect things outside the head. However, due to Newton's Third law, the soft brain tissue would be as strongly affected as the thing it affects. It would be like removing your skull and using your brain to hold up solid objects.

Then there is the case that the brain merely channels energy into a target until it moves or burns. However, such invisible energy direction is not possible with the physical structure of the brain as we know it and is not easily done with conventional scientific devices. The matter becomes more a matter of fantasy and magic then.