Do You Believe in People With "Supernatural" Powers?

djchameleon · 03-25-2011, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

I don't think there's anything telepathic about stuff like this. When you meet someone, the unconscious part of your brain is processing all kinds of information about this person, interpreting the way they look, the way their facial expression changes, the way they stand or hold their arms, what they say and how they say it and so on .. A lot of stuff which you get by "normal" sensory input.

I think what you call a gut feeling is simply based on stuff like that. To judge how someone's going to react to you, whether or not they can be trusted, and so on would be highly important to our fitness as social animals and highly adaptive. So, we should be good at it and there are telltale signs that give you that information without the need of a sixth sense.

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Also, there's psychology involved here like association. Your fond memories of your grandmother and other experiences with elderly may make you more friendly inclined to old ladies for example.

Just to add a little more to this, I also think while the brain is accessing for information about those minor details it is also attempting to match those things to traits of a person that you disliked in your past that also shared the same traits and that's where the whole gut feeling comes from.

I have come to notice that I come across the same type of people but they are just in different "shells". The way that they end up conducting themselves are very similar to people that I have met in my past.

~~Dirty~~ · 03-25-2011, 05:57 AM

Nope, I don't believe anyone has these type of powers. There's a lot of instances where people dream something or predict something and then it happens. But I feel like they dream and predict things all the time that do NOT happen, but those things get dismissed. It's like you could dream or predict a million things and because 1 of them happens all of a sudden they think they have a supernatural power or something. It's kinda like when I was a pothead. And I swore everytime it was 4:20 I was looking at a clock. But then I realized that it wasn't that I was looking at the clock every time it was 4:20. It was just that it was a significant number. Somehow I feel like that last part relates but I'm not sure how and I'm tired.

Howard the Duck · 03-25-2011, 06:57 AM

I've been hexed one too many times by black magic "houngans" to not not believe in it

djchameleon · 03-25-2011, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

I've been hexed one too many times by black magic "houngans" to not not believe in it

speaking of black magic

well I don't know if it's classified as black magic but I really don't like Haitians because of my past experience with them and their belief in Voodoo.

I was skeptic for the longest but whenever I'm around certain Haitians, I get a bit nervous.

I make sure that none of my hair drops anywhere in their vicinity because they could use that for their spells and what us west indians like to say "obiaya" hmmm I've never had to type that out but yeah it sounds like that.

Howard the Duck · 03-25-2011, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

speaking of black magic

well I don't know if it's classified as black magic but I really don't like Haitians because of my past experience with them and their belief in Voodoo.

I was skeptic for the longest but whenever I'm around certain Haitians, I get a bit nervous.

I make sure that none of my hair drops anywhere in their vicinity because they could use that for their spells and what us west indians like to say "obiaya" hmmm I've never had to type that out but yeah it sounds like that.

be extra careful when they're having white powder in the palm of their hands

~~The Virgin~~ · 03-25-2011, 08:47 AM

vodoo magic is crap. back in highschool, i paid $2 to a "so called" Witch in our town to perform vodoo on my crush so that he'll reciprocate my feelings, she said all it takes is his photo and boy the next day, i smiled at him thinking the spell took into effect, the guy responded "what are you smiling at?". and now he's married and wish i should have taken my $2 back.

Howard the Duck · 03-25-2011, 08:50 AM

for that kinda money, you can't even get a witch to kill a mosquito with her black magic

voodoo houngans here are paid by RM20 grand or more per "hit"

pain and suffering around RM100K

actual death - RM1 million

djchameleon · 03-25-2011, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

be extra careful when they're having white powder in the palm of their hands

good thing I haven't seen that yet but I do know vaguely about it

Howard the Duck · 03-25-2011, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

good thing I haven't seen that yet but I do know vaguely about it

it's dried neurotoxins from a pufferfish which robs you of your ability to think and they can control you like a zombie

~~The Virgin~~ · 03-25-2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

for that kinda money, you can't even get a witch to kill a mosquito with her black magic

voodoo houngans here are paid by RM20 grand or more per "hit"

pain and suffering around RM100K

actual death - RM1 million

i wish i can learn black magic

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03-25-2011, 05:57 AM	#42 (permalink)
~~Dirty~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 981	Nope, I don't believe anyone has these type of powers. There's a lot of instances where people dream something or predict something and then it happens. But I feel like they dream and predict things all the time that do NOT happen, but those things get dismissed. It's like you could dream or predict a million things and because 1 of them happens all of a sudden they think they have a supernatural power or something. It's kinda like when I was a pothead. And I swore everytime it was 4:20 I was looking at a clock. But then I realized that it wasn't that I was looking at the clock every time it was 4:20. It was just that it was a significant number. Somehow I feel like that last part relates but I'm not sure how and I'm tired.

03-25-2011, 06:57 AM	#43 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	I've been hexed one too many times by black magic "houngans" to not not believe in it

03-25-2011, 08:47 AM	#46 (permalink)
~~The Virgin~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cebu, Philippines Posts: 677	vodoo magic is crap. back in highschool, i paid $2 to a "so called" Witch in our town to perform vodoo on my crush so that he'll reciprocate my feelings, she said all it takes is his photo and boy the next day, i smiled at him thinking the spell took into effect, the guy responded "what are you smiling at?". and now he's married and wish i should have taken my $2 back.

03-25-2011, 08:50 AM	#47 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	for that kinda money, you can't even get a witch to kill a mosquito with her black magic voodoo houngans here are paid by RM20 grand or more per "hit" pain and suffering around RM100K actual death - RM1 million