Posted on 04/29/2005 1:44:38 PM PDT by demlosers
My former business partner, a very sober, nondrinking, nosmoking family man, once told me that he knew a person in college who coud fly under his own power. For years I tried to get him to admit he was pulling my leg or joking, but he always assured me most solemnly that he himself had seen this person fly without the use of technology of any kind on more than one occasion. To this day he maintains that the story is true. I'm inclined to believe him.
"Wrong reason then. "
Of course, there IS a reason why this happened.
Pick one:
1. Incredibly improbable coincidence.
2. Friend is a liar.
3. Thought processes naturally "synced up."
4. Legitimate case of ESP.
I am not going to absolutely say it's one or the other-- I can't because I don't know. But I do NOT rule out number 4.
That's really hard to believe. But, it's hard to flat out say to a person you've known and trusted all your life "you're a liar."
I prefer hot as in temperature. Reminds me of high school when people would put Icy Hot sports cream in your jockstrap! Oh the memories!
ping
"He had the most wonderfulk eyes I'd ever seen... too bad for him they were in a jar next to my bed."
Hmm.. weird.
a waste is a terrible thing to mind
I may be mistaken (possible: I am quite knackered) but I do not believe the author is suggesting literal extra-sensory perception when using the phrase "read each others' minds"
rather, I believe the author means that there is a specialized structure in the brain which evaluates subtle or subliminal visual, auditory, and even olfactory cues given off by another person, compares these stimuli against its own template of emotion-driven physiological responses, and then conveys to the cognitive synthesis (the conscious mind) of the observer an impression of the emotional state of the person being observed.
Quantum entanglement works at the particle level, not a lot of energy in a jiggling particle, and I'm not sure the theory allows for information transfer.
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