Paranormal stuff

by **Bottle** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:26 am

Not only do I not believe in the paranormal, but I don't even find it remotely interesting. I've yet to hear a ghost story that was half as interesting as the real shit that goes down in biology every day.

by **Schwabenreich** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:31 am

I don't believe in paranormal stuff. However, I'm open minded. At the same time I'm rather paranoid about paranormal stuff, when I see it on television or read stories about it I get all superstitutious, I normally get over it though. I find it interesting and try to silence the voice my head that says its hullucinations, an over active mind, or some vision and sensation brought on by sleep paralysis.

by **Farnhamia** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:57 am

Schwabenreich wrote:I don't believe in paranormal stuff. However, I'm open minded. At the same time I'm rather paranoid about paranormal stuff, when I see it on television or read stories about it I get all superstitutious, I normally get over it though. I find it interesting and try to silence the voice my head that says its hullucinations, an over active mind, or some vision and sensation brought on by sleep paralysis.

Like I said earlier, there's an open mind and then there's a mind so open your brains fall out. You should listen to that voice because it is hallucinations, over-active imaginations and sleep paralysis, among other things.

by **Xarithis** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:07 am

Ammoka wrote:Do you believe in paranormal things? like this?

No, not really. But I try to keep an open mind.

I've had "experiences" with the "paranormal" before. When I was a kid, my mother would collect the creepiest dolls. You know, the ones with the eyes that follow you. I hated being left alone with them, because they would start speaking and calling my name. Even now, I see shadows run across my house at night, and I hear sourceless voices on occasion.

However, I am also pretty certain (not entirely sure, but I'd bet money on it) that I am somewhat insane, so I realize that these things I hear and see probably aren't really there.

by **Slovitrea** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:06 pm

Venti Americanos wrote:
Slovitrea wrote:Sorry but you are wrong on every count. I don't truly know if you're faking or not.

Faking? depends on how you look at it... Was really cold reading (which is I think as close as a person can get) but had to throw some crazy stuff in at the end to get it wrong. Consider though the specifics that were correct and then consider that we're not even face-to-face. In person I'd very likely get your initials and much more specific and personal stuff but still can't claim to actually have psychic powers. This makes me strongly doubt psychic ability but I do think that people can pick up each others body language and phish out information without knowing that's what they're doing.

I'm still skeptical that science and/ or humans will ever be able to understand everything in the Universe though. People have always identified patterns and labeled them and that is basically what science really does (it just happens to give us ideas about and access to more patterns than we used to have).

Neat.

by **The Rich Port** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:18 pm

Norstal wrote:
The Rich Port wrote:I challenge anyone to deny the more physical paranormal things. There's a bunch of things science has yet to explain (and no, the existence of God is not one of them; hell, there's little proof to show he DOES exist, rather than he doesn't).

Although I get the feeling cryptids aren't really "paranormal".

Like what.

Like a bunch of stuff. Ball lightning, "Earth lights", the Project Blue Book unidentifiables, and why Jersey Shore is on TV in the first place, not even touching upon why it gets ratings and a fan base (of equally orange Martians, I assume).

by **Slovitrea** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:19 pm

The Rich Port wrote:
Norstal wrote:Like what.

Like a bunch of stuff. Ball lightning, "Earth lights", the Project Blue Book unidentifiables, and why Jersey Shore is on TV in the first place, not even touching upon why it gets ratings and a fan base (of equally orange Martians, I assume).

Sir, you have touched the point.

by **Farnhamia** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:20 pm

Venti Americanos wrote:
Slovitrea wrote:Sorry but you are wrong on every count. I don't truly know if you're faking or not.

Faking? depends on how you look at it... Was really cold reading (which is I think as close as a person can get) but had to throw some crazy stuff in at the end to get it wrong. Consider though the specifics that were correct and then consider that we're not even face-to-face. In person I'd very likely get your initials and much more specific and personal stuff but still can't claim to actually have psychic powers. This makes me strongly doubt psychic ability but I do think that people can pick up each others body language and phish out information without knowing that's what they're doing.

I'm still skeptical that science and/ or humans will ever be able to understand everything in the Universe though. People have always identified patterns and labeled them and that is basically what science really does (it just happens to give us ideas about and access to more patterns than we used to have).

Picking up on body language and teasing bits of information out of the subject is just how cold readings work. I recall seeing something, it may have been on 60 Minutes, where two Russian sisters who claimed to be psychics tried to do a reading on someone who deliberately would not speak to them and who sat very still. The sisters became angry and ended the session.

I agree, we probably won't figure everything out, but that doesn't automatically mean that the things we don't understand are "supernatural." A great many people seem to think that's true.

by **The Rich Port** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:21 pm

Slovitrea wrote:
The Rich Port wrote:
Like a bunch of stuff. Ball lightning, "Earth lights", the Project Blue Book unidentifiables, and why Jersey Shore is on TV in the first place, not even touching upon why it gets ratings and a fan base (of equally orange Martians, I assume).

Sir, you have touched the point.

More like I molested the shit out of that point.

My fellow Americans... I did not have sex with that point... Well, maybe I did.

67% sure I didn't.

by **Slovitrea** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:25 pm

The Rich Port wrote:
Slovitrea wrote:Sir, you have touched the point.

More like I molested the shit out of that point.

My fellow Americans... I did not have sex with that point... Well, maybe I did.

67% sure I didn't.

There is still 33% chance that you did. Was the point consenting?

by **Das Nazi Reich** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:25 pm

I don't believe in paranormal stuff, so my nation doesn't either

by **The Rich Port** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:27 pm

Slovitrea wrote:There is still 33% chance that you did. Was the point consenting?

That point said it was of age. Besides, that point and I were both intoxicated, so neither of us could have consented.

Das Nazi Reich wrote:I don't believe in paranormal stuff, so my nation doesn't either

... Great. But this isn't the place to talk about what your nation thinks.

by **Slovitrea** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:32 pm

The Rich Port wrote:
Slovitrea wrote:There is still 33% chance that you did. Was the point consenting?

That point said it was of age. Besides, that point and I were both intoxicated, so neither of us could have consented.

Das Nazi Reich wrote:I don't believe in paranormal stuff, so my nation doesn't either

... Great. But this isn't the place to talk about what your nation thinks.

Its personal.... and I am a member of the RIA, so I will have to bring you in for your waterboarding questioning...

by **Georgism** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:33 pm

I don't know what to think about paranormal things.

by **Dakini** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:33 pm

It's bullshit.

by **Slovitrea** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:34 pm

Dakini wrote:It's bullshit.

Everyone has a right to their own beliefs. whoever lectures this guy will be waterboarded as well.

by **Farnhamia** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:35 pm

Slovitrea wrote:
Dakini wrote:It's bullshit.

Everyone has a right to their own beliefs. whoever lectures this guy will be waterboarded as well.

Entitled to your own beliefs, but not your own facts.

by **The Rich Port** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:35 pm

Slovitrea wrote:Its personal.... and I am a member of the RIA, so I will have to bring you in for your waterboarding questioning...

I'll bring my SCUBA gear... As soon as I find out what the hell the RIA is.

by **Slovitrea** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:39 pm

The Rich Port wrote:
Slovitrea wrote:Its personal.... and I am a member of the RIA, so I will have to bring you in for your waterboarding questioning...

I'll bring my SCUBA gear... As soon as I find out what the hell the RIA is.

You will never know. How about let's play 20 questions? It's in my Zombie Wars RP thread... if you can find it after I'm done with you...

by **The Rich Port** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:49 pm

Slovitrea wrote:
The Rich Port wrote:
I'll bring my SCUBA gear... As soon as I find out what the hell the RIA is.

You will never know. How about let's play 20 questions? It's in my Zombie Wars RP thread... if you can find it after I'm done with you...

I've tossled with my share of fetishitic 'rhoid-shooting armadillos. I'm ready for ya.

by **Slovitrea** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:50 pm

The Rich Port wrote:
Slovitrea wrote:You will never know. How about let's play 20 questions? It's in my Zombie Wars RP thread... if you can find it after I'm done with you...

I've tossled with my share of fetishitic 'rhoid-shooting armadillos. I'm ready for ya.

Haha. I'm
a) not a fetishist
b) not a roid-shooter
c) probably not an armadillo

by **Old Tyrannia** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:01 pm

I've always been curious as to the difference between 'paranormal' and 'supernatural'. I'm not a superstitious person, though I believe in extraterrestrial life- I just don't believe they have visited Earth. I'm willing to alter my view if presented with proof, but I live in a scientific universe. It doesn't allow for ghosts or aliens.

by **Norstal** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:01 pm

The Rich Port wrote:
Norstal wrote:Like what.

Like a bunch of stuff. Ball lightning, "Earth lights", the Project Blue Book unidentifiables, and why Jersey Shore is on TV in the first place, not even touching upon why it gets ratings and a fan base (of equally orange Martians, I assume).

All of the first can be determined by physics. Not sure what ball of lightning you're referring to, or Earth lights. Then again, as a disclaimer, I'm a novice physicist.

Seriously, science is best for ruining superstitions and opening up new worlds.

by **Vunaxtax** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:03 pm

I heard of this one house in Spain in the basement you would see two faces on the wall and one time the people who lived there got a hammer and break off one piece of a face then a hour later it was actually look like as if they didn't break it off ever. Everyday they different emotions and feelings they do themselves and the police who arrived found dead bodies of people under the basement floor. That the motherfucking creepy one I known about and told my mom about in a book once when i was 12 in 5th grade

by **Norstal** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:04 pm

Unhealthy2 wrote:
Grainne Ni Malley wrote:I've seen things that cannot be explained.

No, you've seen things that YOU couldn't explain. The arrogance that it must take to jump from "I can't explain this." to "Nobody can explain this. It must be something that cannot be explained ever, no matter what." is astounding.

Hear hear. Everything is explainable. We just gotta discover the explanations.

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