Is Telekinesis real...is it possible?

Question

I've always wondered if it was real or not. Moving things using the power of you're mind, thats something that most scientists have yet to explore. I've been trying to learn how to do it...no luck so far. I've been getting lessons from apparently a "professional".
Do any of you out there have the facts about it...? Is it real or just a scam...? Or whats you're opinion...?

The "professional" who is trying to teach me is a family friend and a hypnotist. I have seen him move a ball point pen but not sure if it were a hoax, there were no magnets as I checked.

Answer 1

You have so many answers to your question here, it hardly seems plausable to add mine.

PK is real and even Russia experimented with it. I don't know if you'll find that in the encyclopedia, but they in fact, did as well as the U.S. government.

The truth about PK is, is that you have to; 1. believe in your head and your heart that it does exist and 2. have the uncanny ability to use the right and left hemispheres of the brain. This is what your friend may be trying to induce in you.

To get the two sides to work together, however, you need to accomplish a brain sync and you can purchase that program from many different web sites. But, are you ready for that?

If you do not think you are, then you could possibly hurt yourself trying.

It's just like 'dream sharing' or 'distant viewing.' To some people it just comes naturally, as is the case with myself. But as far as forcing the issue I'll ask you this? Is it really that important to you? Because if and when you do have failures in making these objects move, how will this affect your psychie? Will it make you depressed? Will it possibly mess up your brain chemistry by 'force feeding' it into doing something that doesn't come naturally?

If you really want to do these things, then let them come to you naturally. I had tried this for several years and the best I could do was to make a candle flame flicker while I was across the room. No, it wasn't when the fan turned on from the AC or heat. The system was off because I didn't want to take chances. However, in attempting to force myself, I ran into other issues later...like severe depression and it took me several years to snap out of it (on my own. I would not consider a chemical antiadote)

So, you can try the 'brain sync' method as this may help you somewhat. But hypnosis?....Nah, he could be putting anything into your subconscious.

Excuse any misspellings, but the spell check isn't working here.

Answer 2

I've seen what appeared to be healing supposedly using the power of the mind and what I would guess is some type of magnetic field. I would imagine a person who might really do this isn't originally from this world or mostly anyone else here. There is always room for fraud and special effects of some type. Many believe the Prophet Jesus was able to accomplish these feats. I'm not convinced yet either way, but with the right technology and or illusion, anything could be possible when you know how. But, for right now, it's all just special effects.

http://www.crystalinks.com/telekinesis.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel_Mindfreak

Answer 3

No, it's not real and no, it's not possible. Glad you said "apparently" professional. There is no such thing. They are frauds or deluded. Some have managed to squeeze their way into academia, usually under other pretenses. Don't let this person get into your head. (Or your pants.)
I wish I could make you believe this is a fact and not just an opinion. Such people did hypnosis on many folks who "recovered" memories about childhood traumas. Dozens of innocent parents were convicted of child molesting on the basis of these revelations to a hypnotist. Most or all of them have since been released, but some spent years in prison. Stay away from psychics, parapsychologists, and hypnotists, no matter how charming they may be.
You can't move things with the power of your mind. Tell your friend he can go get a million dollars from James Randi if he can do it for him. The challenge has been there for what, 20 years? Nobody has yet been able to do what they claim under *reasonable* controls.

Answer 4

Is it possible? In the sense that it cannot logically be proven to be impossible, perhaps. But practically speaking, it does not seem to be possible at all. Certainly our knowledge of physics and neurology does not predict that such an ability would exist. Ostensible demonstrations of psychokinesis (PK) have not risen above those that could equally well be reproduced by amateur magicians, so there is little reason to believe they are legitimate. Regardless, some researchers have tried to establish the existence of PK anyway by performing statistical experiments with random number generators (see the Rhine Institute, or Princeton's PEAR project). However, the results generated by these research teams are at best described as debatable, at worst described as pathological science. That brings me to your 2nd question regarding any theories for PK. No, there are none (no scientifically valid ones, that is), and that is one of those warning sings that you're dealing with more of a pseudoscience than anything else. A theory starts with a valid scientific hypothesis that is tested and confirmed by repeated experiments by independent research teams, and anything less is not a theory. However, parapsychologists have not even got this far. Because our present scientific knowledge does not predict the existence of PK, it's impossible to form a valid hypothesis for it other than the trivial "PK exists". But this is an orphaned superficial hypothesis completely separated from any sound foundation in known science. That's a great example of how science does NOT proceed. Science is a process which builds upon itself, and here is a good example where the results are being presumed first with no supporting theoretical foundation. As U of O psychology professor Ray Hyman said of remote viewing research, "you need a positive theory to guide you as to what needs to be controlled, and what can be ignored. Parapsychologists have not come close to this as yet."

Answer 5

Sorry -- based on all available evidence, the brain is a self-contained unit. The chemical interactions that go on inside the brain are confined to the area inside your head. If you want to move a physical object, you're going to have to use your hands.

Moving a ballpoint pen (as your professional did) isn't that impressive. Ballpoint pens tend to roll if the surface is even slightly uneven. All that the person would have to do is give the table the slightest nudge (probably unnoticeable to you) to make the pen roll.

It would be significantly more impressive if the professional could make the pen levitate above the table. Ask him to do that next time. His response will probably be something like, "I don't feel strong enough to do that today" or "That's not the way it works - I can only make it move sideways!" Invariably, the conversation will then degrade into psycho-babble about waves and energy fields. That's when you know you're dealing with a scam artist.

Answer 6

Telekinesis is not real, and your friend is playing a prank on you. My brother bought a kit that included a floss that was strong enough to lift a pen in the air, but one strand was invisible in indoors lighting. It came as a big wad, and you peelled off a strand at a time for doing the trick. There was also a putty which was could not be seen that you would put on your finger and touch to the object you want to move with one end of the string. The illusion didnt work in bright sunlight, only indoors. It looked like a piece of thread in sunlight.
See if your friend can the pen when it is completely sealed in a clear plastic container (maybe a water bottle with a top).

Answer 7

The inescapable fact so far is that telekinesis has never been demonstrated or observed. Many people have tried, and many people have claimed the ability, but all demonstrations have utterly failed.

You bring up scientists, so let me say scientifically that an extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence if it is to be considered. That's a qualitative statement, but it packs a wallop. What it means is that if you're going to overturn hundreds (even thousands) of years of science, your contrary evidence needs to trump the bulk sum of the existing evidence. That is no small feat.

Or it can be expressed another way. If you're going to try to demonstrate something as far removed from natural science as telekinesis is, you're going to have to go to great lengths to eliminate all sources of deception and illusion, and you're going to have replicate experiments and use valid statistics to eliminate chance. It's not easy.. especially if the power doesn't exist in the first place! But that hasn't stopped some people from twisting experimental uncertainty into supposed "evidence"

Specifically, there was a research group at Princeton for about 25 years which worked on PK. The group, after working so hard and so long, refused to consider that their work was wasted, but outside objective analysis showed that their work was indeed a flop. There are a number of fatal statistical flaws in their experimental analysis that can be easily identified (see link), and the fact that it is widely discredited is why this misadventure in science remains relatively obscure.

So, no, as of yet there is no evidence for telekinesis, and as far as our scientific knowledge goes, there is absolutely nothing about the human brain that would give rise to such powers.

Answer 8

"...scientists have yet to explore..."

That is not true. There have been *thousands* of experiments involving the exploration of paranormal abilities. Scientists don't want to disbelieve the possibility of such abilities existing, they have drawn conclusions from the resulting date from those thousands of experiments. Imagine what could be done in a world in which the human mind could bridge physical gaps. Scientists would be all over that.

The only people that "move" things have turned out to be frauds. They aren't like the many innocent "true believers"--those who really do believe they have psychic powers but are actually just deluded. Rather, they are tricksters who intentionally deceive.

*Every single* person who has claimed TK ability and is willing to perform in a controlled environment has been debunked. I think that, along with a complete lack of data supporting TK, makes it pretty clear that this is a bunch of nonsense.

Answer 9

There are many ways to fake telekinesis through magic tricks. I have seen several magicians perform these tricks but have never witnessed real telekinesis. I would suggest that there is a very high probability that your friend is faking it and a very low probability that he is genuine. During the Cold War, a vast quantity of resources was spent on exploration of telekinesis and other psionic abilities by both sides. It is a testament to the futility of this line of research that both Governments abandoned the projects and cut the funding.

Answer 10

Telekinesis is today most commonly called psychokinesis (PK). First let's define more clearly what we are talking about. If you are talking about throwing cars with your mind, levitating oranges, etc. then it has never been demonstrated (except via magic tricks). It does seem that moving objects (the first experiments used dice that were thrown) are much easier to influence (not control) because the outcome is still in a state of random flux (later experiments used random number generators). Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/ has studied this for years and has found (despite the skeptics claim to the contrary) years of evidence that supports that human intentions can effect machines (mainly random number gernerators) in ways that are beyond chance and statistically significant. I suggest you go to the source of the research and decide for yourself.
The problem with the statement "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is that 1. it is not an established rule of science it was Carl Sagan's belief and 2. No one bothers to define what "Extraoridnary evidence" would be
Apparently defying chance by 10 to the 12th power to 1 (that means that PEAR results have a one in 10 with 12 0's behind it possibility of being due to chance, is not extraordinary enough.
So, yes it's real and possible and has scientific evidence to support it the effect is just so small (you can't take on Vegas slot machines) that it took years of lab work, millions of trials, and good statistics to show the small effect.
Please read the research and decide for yourself.

MIchael John Weaver, M.S.