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Originally Posted by photon
The difference is even if you know nothing about chemistry or physics, you can still get results. We had food, medicine of a sort, etc all based on "chemistry".. no one knew what was going on, but trial and error over a long period still led to results. Same with physics, no one knew anything about how it all worked, but we still built wheels and wagons and inclines and machines and stuff to make our lives easier.. through trial and error and serendipity.
And then when we figured out what we were doing and actually intentionally did it (science), things really took off.
Psychics and astrologers and paranormal practitioners have been around for thousands and thousands of years, but they haven't come up with one thing that's improved our lives.
You can point to thousands of things that were discovered by accident or trial and error before science that enabled humanity to evolve, and move from hunter gatherers into a globe dominating society, because those things are real. You can do no such thing for any psychic, astrologer, faith healer, etc etc...
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I guess I'm talking about something else than what the topic is really about. I agree that mediums, astrologers, palm readers, terot, and all that jazz are complete and utter garbage.
I'm talking about "psychic" ability, like when people sense danger yet there is no obvious or apparent reason for it, or like how 2 people who are related, will often think about the same things at the same time. I have a very personal experience when it comes to this. About a week before my mother passed away suddenly, both my sister and I had dreams about trying to save her from danger. We were both really anxious all week, but couldn't really figure out why. It was a feeling like knowing something was wrong, but not being able to put your finger on it. It turns out that our mother had an undetected heart defect, and in reality, there were probably some subtle changes in her behaviour or expression that subconsciously told us that there was a danger even though we couldn't figure out what it was. It's not "psychic" ability in the paranormal sense, but I think it is something that is real and often makes people think they are psychics.
I believe that things like that do happen, but they're not "paranormal". It's a natural ability that just isn't understood.