Can I prove this?

Question

I believe in Parapsychology (powers that come from your mind, telekinesis, etc.) and my friend doesn't. How can I prove it to him? I've shown him videos of people using it, told him the military said they used it in military tactics, but he still doesn't believe me! I'm trying to train myself in using it to show him, but in the meantime, HOW CAN I PROVE IT TO HIM?!

Answer 1

You can't prove something that's not real.

Answer 2

Until you can demonstrate the effects of psi abilities, you can't prove it to him. People want results, not claims, before they will be willing to believe. Parapsychology in general is a difficult field to quantify because it deals so much with the unknown. If such things as telepathy, telekinesis, and clairvoyance do actually exist, the only way to prove their existence is through vigorous scientific inquiry -- first, show conclusive evidence of the ability by doing it, then do it while inside an MRI so we can understand what part of the brain is responsible, and if a telepathic person were willing to donate his or her body to science, after they die (of natural causes, of course), their brain must be dissected to understand the physical difference between normals and psychics, including the biochemistry that occurs that allows such extraordinary abilities to manifest. Once it's understood and quantified (and probably bottled and sold, at least in America... "Psych-eze! The pill that let's you learn it all directly from the teacher's brain! Know when your husband's lying! A thousand different uses!"), then people would be willing to believe it, especially if we learned to harness the abilities for use in everyday life.

Your friend won't believe a word of it until he sees you or someone else actually DO it, and without any tricks or smoke and mirrors. Sorry, but that's the truth.

Answer 3

Seeing is believing. I mean, seeing in person these powers. Videos are too easily tampered (how many special effects do we see in movies and on tv daily?) and a lot of people don't entirely trust the military (gee, why not?). So, you'll have to keep training and show him in person and probably at a place of his choosing. Good luck.

Answer 4

i've experianced telepathy - mental communication, w/ a group of ppl. and yea. the military do have a psy-op program, friend of mine was approached the cia after asking around about it.. best way to try to prove it to'm ,, is to get ur minds on the same wavelength, be it w/ psychedelics (2c-e) or stimuli (light and sound) .. my experiance was with a group of 4 other ppl, all on a moderate dose of 2c-e. after the night was wearing down we sat in our spots pretty much just staring at each other.. we started to hear one anothers voices in our heads,, we didn;t move, make signals or anything,, just concentrated on our thoughts.. we didn't discuss anything that we thought that night till a couple days later.. where we confirmed then that those convo's actually took place.. whats so hard to believe that ppl that know each other can pick up on eachothers brainwaves and attach a voice to the brainwave? brainwaves are electromagnetic pulses that can travel for miles.... we only use about 10% of our concsious brain power,, imagine what we could do with that extra 90%

Meditation alters brain patterns in ways that are likely permanent, scientists have known. But a new study shows key parts of the brain actually get thicker through the practice.

Brain imaging of regular working folks who meditate regularly revealed increased thickness in cortical regions related to sensory, auditory and visual perception, as well as internal perception -- the automatic monitoring of heart rate or breathing, for example.

The study also indicates that regular meditation may slow age-related thinning of the frontal cortex.

"What is most fascinating to me is the suggestion that meditation practice can change anyone's gray matter," said study team member Jeremy Gray, an assistant professor of psychology at Yale. "The study participants were people with jobs and families. They just meditated on average 40 minutes each day, you don't have to be a monk."

The research was led by Sara Lazar, assistant in psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital. It is detailed in the November issue of the journal NeuroReport.

The study involved a small number of people, just 20. All had extensive training in Buddhist Insight meditation. But the researchers say the results are significant.

Most of the brain regions identified to be changed through meditation were found in the right hemisphere, which is essential for sustaining attention. And attention is the focus of the meditation.

Other forms of yoga and meditation likely have a similar impact on brain structure, the researchers speculate, but each tradition probably has a slightly different pattern of cortical thickening based on the specific mental exercises involved.

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Answer 5

Don't be stupid. James Randi has offered $1000000 to anyone that can prove any of that kind of made up crap and nobody has yet because it's not real. Anything you may have seen was just tricks like what you see when you watch a magician perform.

Answer 6

The military does not use it in tactics, because there is no scientific proof that it exists.

Most of the time I'm optimistic, but perhaps you should address finding the scientific validity of it first.

Answer 7

He sounds like the kind of person who'd need you to lift him up and drop him on his @$$ with the power of your mind before he'd believe. I deal with those kinds of people because I have a low-level power called psychometry.

Answer 8

You believe everything you see on videos and everything the military says?

I think you need better sources.

Answer 9

Hi,
You can prove it by showing him. But ultimately it's up to him to believe.
Good Luck,
Sharon

Answer 10

You can't. Why prove it to him anyway? You're just shoving your beliefs down his throat...and that alone will give him reason to not believe. Let him learn on his own.

Answer 11

Make him believe you with your mind powers