Why dont you believe?

Question

I have had first hand experience with things like psi balls and premonitions. I have also tried pyrokenisis and levitation. I just truly want to know why dont you believe? There is proof of people being able to see the future there is prove of people being able to levitate and i myself have been able to show other people my psi balls. Also if we only use like 9% of our brains or something like that, how do u know that the other 91% isnt the ability to levitate or use other "super human powers". There is also videos of African shamans being able to levitate. Chi which some people think is fake has been scientificaly proven to be real. A chinese monk was put under a thermal heat sencors and they discovered that he could control unexplained energy movments in the form of heat throughout his body. That is what chi is and that is what most skeptics also think is fake. So after all of this typing to sum it all up why don't you believe?

Answer 1

Why? No evidence. Hearsay doesn't qualify as evidence. Contrary to your unsupported claims, there is no proof of seeing the future nor proof of levitation. If you have such proof, please provide it. There is no proof of psi/chi/qi/ki balls either. It's also a myth we only use 9% or 10% of our brains. 100% of the brain is in use, just not all parts at all times. Videos and photos can be easily manipulated, just look at all the "ghost" videos at youtube. Chi has not been scientifically proven to be real, either.

No actual evidence, no belief. Let me know if you have something beyond hearsay and manipulated videos and I will be very interested to look into it.

Answer 2

Your question is why don't we believe. I think most people feel like the word believe suggests that the person who believes has some reason to do so. You have offered examples that suggest you think sufficient proof has been collected. But wouldn't definitive proof of these things be truly exciting and newsworthy the world over? So I must assume that what you observed and found truly compelling, most people were left with doubts or unanswered questions.

Your discussion of the brain is interesting. Here you offer a "how do you know its not true" argument, in an attempt to argue for a positive belief. This is the sort of argument that will cast everything else you write in the same piece in a dim light.

Stick to the most compelling examples, and challenge us to question our skepticism. I have no doubt that many people have unreasonable resistence to new ideas or phenomena, just as it seems obvious that many people are too quick to "believe", when what they might be better off doing is become interested, and learn more about what interests them.

Words are just words, but they are very useful when everyone can understand what is meant when they are used. I think most of us, certaintly me, are a little fuzzy on what everyone else is thinking about when they say they do or don't "believe".

I don't need 100% proof to believe something. But I definately need to have some strong evidence and the absence of significant doubts. I think I am open minded, but I suppose others might find me too scientifically oriented, just as I find others a bit too fanciful.

But life is much more interesting when we don't all think and feel exactly the same way, don't you think?

Answer 3

I myself have shocked skeptics with things I can do in relation to clairvoyance, energy healing and other forms of energy work but I too used to be just as skeptical as they once were. And that's fair enough. I presume that once upon a time you were just as skeptical.

Why should people believe in anything that is "para-normal"? It's not logical for them to do so. It's down right foolish also for them to believe anything they see on video or read in a book without actually experiencing it first hand. The numerous skeptics societies have a great time debunking most paranormal phenomenon and this is because there really are a lot of fakes and snake-oil salesmen out there who take advantage of the lucrative new-age market. We also know that there are many things they cannot account for though which are merely slotted into the "unknown" basket. But you shouldn't criticise people for simply being logical and adherring to a lifetime of conditioning.

P.S. It's just an urban myth that we only use 10% or so of our brains. With modern technology we now now that NONE of it is unused... although that doesn't mean it's actually being put to "good" use!

And while I'm at it I might add that any credible marine biologist will tell you that a dolphin is about as smart as a labrador (seals are more intelligent). I also have a lot of friends who would get very upset and angry if I gave them the phone numbers of some folks I know in the UK who are involved in making crop circles.

Answer 4

Tell me how a cluster of enzymes and Dna and their resultant chemical reactions that make neurons could spawn psi balls (and give a definition to this phenomenom), and make a body levitate. Then prove that the movements of heat throughout the body of that chinese monk is in fact the chi and not just heat, then prove all your claims to be real (including the "scientifically proven to be real" claim (sight)), and then ill believe.

Answer 5

Most people who believe in God believe in things far more amazing than PSI. How much scientific proof substantiates those beliefs? Nevertheless, some of the best scientific minds in history believed in God.
My experience is that on very rare and random occasions things occur that could be considered PSI. There may explanations in the future as to why these things happen (quantum looks promising).
I do think there are enough fakes and profiteers making claims to make many people more than skeptical, and I don't blame them. Nevertheless, both the Russian and American governments have seriously studied PSI. Those aren't people likely to do that if there wasn't something to it.

Answer 6

I have believed I've witnessed many things like this myself but since I've been on an anti-psychotic medications much of it doesn't seem real anymore and is fading away like an old childhood memory. At least I still have my scoop mark from one of my so-called alien abductions or visits. It doesn't prove anything to others but still gives me something to remember them by. Some visions are supposedly caused by these alien implants, but to date I have yet to see any incredible evidence over the Internet. When I go thru metal detectors at air ports and government buildings I typically set these off. I don't think it's because of video games or comic books either. However, I was an avid reader of UFO books when I was a teenager. One of the books I had read was: Alien Agenda by Jim Marrs which didn't come out for about another thirty years. Just one of the gifts I used to get from my visitors. Sometimes when they visited me, time would stand still. Life, politics and religious beliefs is still really just a game anyway...isn't it?

http://www.starchildproject.com/

Answer 7

Why don't I believe?

I DO believe... that i will have a beer.

Truly, your argument sways me, or perhaps it was all that beer.

I feel like rushing out and showing the first person I see my psi balls. What's one more restraining order, really?

Levitating African Shamans? That's nothing! Last night I saw Ethel Merman wearing a toga and dancing with Rudy Giuliani. Oddly, Rudy wasn't leading.

I believe in Chi... and his brothers Gro... Har... and Zep. (Gum was just a hack, tho)

Hey, 9%? Not MY brain, lady! I only use 2%, for the same reason I have plastic covers on my furniture.

Now, I gotta write a song to the tune of "Born Free"

"Psi Balls,
Bounce free as the wind blows,
Just watch while my Chi grows!
Psi Balls, hypnotize your eyes!"

Okay, maybe 1%.

Answer 8

You have first hand experiencing the hallucination known as psi balls, and other people do too? That does not surprise me. If your psi ball has either energy or mass then perhaps I'll consider believing you. Until then it's just a fun little fantasy.

You have actually levitated? How far? Can you do it again, because I'd love to see it. If you were able to you would be the first because, contrary to your assertion, there has been no proof of levitation. There has been no footage of African shamans, Buddhist monks or American magicians performing any real levitation. It's all tricks and illusions.

We use only 9% of our brains? Says who? That is such complete, unfounded nonsense. We use 100% of our brains. Perhaps not all at the same time, but we use all of it. Even if we didn't why do you assume that *any* portion--used or unused--is capable of reaching out of our heads and being able to physically interact with the world around us?

Chi is nonsense too. There has been zero scientific evidence to even remotely suggest anything to the contrary. If it's so well known I'd love to see your source of information. Biometric control isn't paranormal. I can slow my breathing on purpose. I can make my heart rate decrease, thereby lowering my core temperature very slightly. But that doesn't prove Chi or Chakras or anything else magical.

I don't believe in many supernatural and paranormal claims because there is no reason for me to believe. When you understand why you don't believe the moon is made of cheese you'll understand why I don't believe in levitation and Chi.

Answer 9

Perhaps I could ask you why YOU believe.

This is not a trivial question. If you say that scientific evidence exists, then you may want to upgrade your belief to knowledge! If the evidence is not substantial then you are stuck with belief!

My particular World view is full of ideas that fit my paradigm but I have to be careful to distinguish between what I know and what I believe. I cannot be assertive about a belief; nor can I expect others to accept what I regard as knowledge.

It is not reasonable for me to ask therefore, why other people do not believe what I accept as true!

It is often possible to categorise beliefs as "elements of a personal world-view" that are unprovable. I accept that my trust of the Theory of Evolution is based on my understanding of the relationships between species and environment. I hold this as superior to a belief even though I do not absolutely KNOW!

The idea that the World is a product of an event described in Genesis is, to me, irrational, as well as unprovable and so could never be more than a belief! The same goes for the belief in Faeries, Goblins, Life everlasting, Creation Myths and Spaghetti Monsters!

So, to address your question, I personally do not believe what you do because I am aware that belief means that "I (and you) do not know for sure"!

I hope this helps and makes sense!
Regards
MM

Answer 10

the thing about scientific proof is that it needs to be repeatable under controlled conditions. I know about chi because I learned tai chi and I understand about energy, but my belief or otherwise is irrelevant if I cannot prove the existence of chi under controlled circumstances and beyond a reasonable level of doubt
belief and fact are different things. there are many things I believe that I cannot prove. If a thing is true I do not need to believe, it just is

Answer 11

ok, I am not going to adress the 10% of the brain urban legend thing, since TR addressed it approprietly.
If you want to prove the skeptics wrong, this is the wrong place to do it.
http://www.randi.org
This site offers a million dollar prize for anyone who can prove any claims like you just made. If you aren't interested in the million, donate to a childrens hospital. I think its very important that you prove to the skeptics and make such things as psiballs, levitation, and pyrokinesis a part of legitmate science and get them out of the paranormal realm.