Powers of Nina Kulagina?

Question

this is the most know woman when it comes to telekinesis. question is do u belive in it on if u not, will this video change ur mind?. http://www.mysteriouspeople.com/Nina_Kulagina.htm (bio)

tipe in ur thougts.

this is video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jgMzcRxxEE&feature=related

Answer 1

While it is good to be skeptical of any evidence, any claims including those of fraud and magic tricks must be supported with evidence in science.

While skeptics yell "cheap parlor tricks" they have never demonstrated these tricks in front of scientist as observers in a controlled laboratory environment as Nina Kulagina did on numerous occasions in her life. Skeptics fail to provide any evidence for their claim of how these tricks can be done under the same conditions.

That said while there is absolutely no evidence to support  the following idea (just like the skeptics explanation) I think it is possible that the former Soviet Union released this as misinformation to the U.S. to show they had a psychic edge in the cold war. This is at least a reasonable explanation unlike that of the skeptics that requires the assumption that the Soviet scientist (that beat the US into space) were all idiots.

Psi

Answer 2

I have seen nothing this woman has "done" that couldn't be easily reproduced with some fishing line and a magnet.

Answer 3

Nina Kulagina, Ninel Sergeyevna Kulagina (Russian: Нине́ль Серге́евна Кула́гина) (1926 – 1990) was a Russian woman who reportedly had great psychic powers, particularly in psychokinesis. Academic research of her phenomenon was conducted in the USSR for the last twenty years of her life.

During the Cold War, silent black-and-white films of her appearing to move objects on a table in front of her without touching them, were produced. These films were allegedly made under controlled conditions for Soviet authorities and caused excitement for many psychic researchers around the world, some of whom believed that they represented clear evidence for the existence of psychic phenomena.

Nina said that in order to manifest the effect, she required a period of meditation to clear her mind of all thoughts. When she had obtained the focus required, she reported a sharp pain in her spine and the blurring of her eyesight.

One of Nina's most celebrated experiments took place in a Leningrad laboratory on 10 March 1970. Having initially studied the ability to move inanimate objects, scientists were curious to see if Nina's abilities extended to cells, tissues, and organs. Sergeyev was one of many scientists present when Nina attempted to use her energy to stop the beating of a frog's heart floating in solution. He said that she focused intently on the heart and apparently made it beat faster, then slower, and using extreme intent of thought, stopped it.

In the late 1970s, a near fatal heart attack forced Nina to scale back her activities. According to a report produced by Dr. Zverev, her heartbeat was irregular, she had high blood sugar, and her endocrine system was disturbed. Over the long term, she suffered from pains in her arms and legs, could not coordinate properly, and experienced dizziness. The report said that these symptoms were the result of her paranormal exertions, and limited her ability to demonstrate psychokinesis under controlled conditions.

[edit] Criticism

Many skeptical individuals and organizations, such as the James Randi Educational Foundation and the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims on the Paranormal(CICAP) express strong skepticism regarding the truth of these claims. It is noted that the long preparation times and uncontrolled environments (such as hotel rooms) in which the experiments took place left much potential for trickery.[1] Skeptics have argued that many of Kulagina's feats could easily be performed by one practiced in sleight of hand, through means such as cleverly concealed or disguised threads, small pieces of magnetic metal, or mirrors.[2] They further point to the fact that no sleight of hand experts appear to have ever been present during experiments, and that the Cold War-era Soviet Union had an obvious motive for falsifying or exaggerating results in the potential propaganda value in appearing to win a "Psi Race" analogous to the concurrent Space Race or arms race.

[edit] References

    * Gris, Henry, and d**k, William. The New Soviet Psychic Discoveries. London, Souvenir Press, 1979.

    * Inglis, Brian. The Paranormal ? An Encyclopedia of Psychic Phenomena. Granada publishing, 1985, p112.

    * Ostrander, Sheila, & Schroeder, Lynn. Psychic Discoveries? The Iron Curtain Lifted. London, Souvenir Press, 1997 (1971).

    * Spencer, John & Anne. The Poltergeist Phenomenon. London, Headline 1997, pp 227-8.

Answer 4

Well seems like all the answers point to the truth!

Answer 5

No, that video doesn't change my mind at all. There isn't any reason to think that Kulagina didn't simply use parlor tricks. The French parapsychologist (at about 3 minutes into the video) was presented as a skeptic (LOL!) and his logic was atrocious -- he basically said that if you couldn't disprove her, then her feats were impressive. No more impressive than any other stage magician, I'd say.

Answer 6

This wouldn't be the first time that people were fooled by magic tricks. Go to a good magic show and even scientists in the audience will tell you they can't figure out how its done. It's really not that amazing that Kulagina fooled a few Russian scientists who probably were already instructed to not be too observant.

Answer 7

You know a 71% best answer rating doesnt count when you answer your own questions under another name. . .

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Answer 8

all things

Answer 9

No, just clever tricks

Answer 10

The only power she has,is the power to fool people.Hard to believe considering the quality of the evidence.