Whatever you're about to say didn't make me less confused.

Tonamel on 15/11/2010 at 00:11

(http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19712-evidence-that-we-can-see-the-future-to-be-published.html) A science journal is about to publish a paper saying that we are psychologically affected by things that haven't happened yet.

If true, I can't even begin to comprehend what this means about the brain and the space-time continuum.

Yakoob on 15/11/2010 at 02:38

One attempt at replicating the experiments failed already. We'll see.

Azaran on 15/11/2010 at 03:01

There could be something there, and it's not the first time science has found strange anomalies when investigating similar phenomena. A few years back there was a rigorous medical study of near death experiences (published in the Lancet, a renowned medical journal) that (http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/Mediaskeptics/vanLommel.html) yielded very strange results

Kolya on 15/11/2010 at 03:05

His (http://www.psychwiki.com/wiki/Self-Perception_Theory) self-perception theory sounds more interesting if equally backwards.

dvrabel on 15/11/2010 at 10:14

I skimmed the paper and it has a rather kooky section on how this all works by quantum mechanics. I find it hard to believe that "psi" researchers have observed the macro-effects of some new physical phenomenon that physicists peering into the fundamental structure of matter somehow missed.

No one will be able to reproduce it and either the paper will fall into obscurity or the author will be discredited for falsifying results.

Clark Gable on 15/11/2010 at 11:16

well said as the people are scared of 2012 . . . nothing is going to happen , jus relax :D

rachel on 15/11/2010 at 12:08

Yeah frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

CCCToad on 16/11/2010 at 00:02

My point of view on this is that the opposite is true. I agree with Tony Robbin's belief that our own mental state tends to influence future events, and make those events more likely to come true.

Kolya on 16/11/2010 at 04:41

I also have slight foresight capabilities. I kid you not.

Azaran on 16/11/2010 at 05:23

Quote Posted by Kolya

I also have slight foresight capabilities. I kid you not.

It's happened to me more than once that a split second before something startles me, my body seems to react, like it was preparing for it. E.g. the other day I had put my coffee mug on the kitchen counter (precariously, unbeknownst to me), and I went to get some coffee to prepare - I jumped and a split second later the mug fell on the floor loudly shattering into pieces. I usually dismissed it as my imagination playing tricks on me, but after reading that article I'm not so sure anymore...