The Concept of Psionics

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I was just curious, this community is smart i've come to realise this. When I first viewed the forums their were a bunch of people who were studying the actual effects of the Novalith cannon. And im just curious I am someone who likes to learn things. But we have these people that go around that like to refer to themselves as psychics. I truely do not believe personally in all that clairvoyance and mind reading stuff. Although I am always open to changing my mind if I am proven wrong by something that has strong evidence behind it.

 

I do however believe that we as humans have the ability to have 'psionic esque' powers through the use of machines the whole point of this thread is to just put everything on the table. Is their any actualy evidence or any interesting reads on the subject  of Psionics. Not any of the Sylvia Brown stuff. Anything?

 

I've always been attracted to Psionic beings in video games, the Protoss and Advent being perfect examples.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Professor Xavier is uing psionics right now to keep the rest of us from getting them.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Psionics is really a silly concept when you are trying to apply it to humans in reality. How are you going to use psionics with the use of machines? There are, to my knowledge, no machines that are going to warp physics to give people some sort of psychic powers. I would really like any evidence proving otherwise. 

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I already showed you...but I had to use the machine to erase your memory because it's classified.

Now everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

 

 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Okay

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I don't believe in psionics.  I find them to be charlatans. I typically don't believe things without proof.  Although, I have enjoyed the idea in fiction.  Well, some times.  I hated what Psionics where in Dungeons & Dragons, but liked them in Palladium RPG games.  Also, never really liked how Steven King randomly gives characters psychic powers, like the heroes at the end of The Stand, and other books.  But loved Firestarter.  

 

I like it in fiction, but in real life only charlatans or mentally ill strongly claim psychic powers.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Has anyone else noticed that Lord Xia's avatar looks like John Travolta? I don't think Travolta's psionic btw.

Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

If you're referring to a mind-machine interface where the machine does all the work, I think something like that is not only possible but oddly close to being actualized (relatively close- I doubt I'll live to see it happen). Anything else... no idea.

 

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Scoutdog, reply 8
If you're referring to a mind-machine interface where the machine does all the work, I think something like that is not only possible but oddly close to being actualized (relatively close- I doubt I'll live to see it happen). 

 
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You mean, like necomimi?  :grin:

Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Scoutdog, reply 8
If you're referring to a mind-machine interface where the machine does all the work, I think something like that is not only possible but oddly close to being actualized (relatively close- I doubt I'll live to see it happen). Anything else... no idea.

 
End of Scoutdog's quote

I hope you're planning on living at least a little while longer...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2012/01/31/mind-reading-could-soon-become-a-reality-say-scientists-115875-23729575/

If machines can read words as we think of them, they can do a lot of work for us.  It might not be a complete interface, but it's a start.

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting MottiKhan, reply 10
If machines can read words as we think of them, they can do a lot of work for us. It might not be a complete interface, but it's a start.
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I'd certainly get a lot more out of a neural dictation interface than I can out of voice recognition. I think far more quickly than I can speak; being able to read a student paper and add markup and comments without using a keyboard or my voice would make grading go much faster for me.

That seems fairly long-term for the tech, though. In the meantime, it is going to be revolutionary for some folks who've lost their ability to speak but still have their core language neuroanatomy intact.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Sinperium, reply 7
Has anyone else noticed that Lord Xia's avatar looks like John Travolta?
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Not really, no.

Should we be?