According to General Semantics, and I dare say, Zen Buddhism, there are only two things in this world: semantics... and nothing. So if such is truly the case, what distinguishes the scientific, from the intuitive, from the psychic is merely the paradigm one entertains.
A much discussed Einstein thought experiment offers atleast suggestive proof. Many of you probably read about the separation of "twin particles". After being split a relatively large distance from each other, budging one particle resulted in an immediate (faster than the speed of light) budge in its twin.On a larger scale this would, for example, result in our being able to immediately discern the burnout of a star in real time rather than having to wait the many years required (beyond our physical lifetimes) for this "slow" light source to carry the event to us via our traditional physico-sensory paradigm.
Just as the one particle is in a literally immediate relationship to its twin, defying the newtonian or the traditional laws of mechanics, of locality, so too may information. By the physico-sensory paradigm we normally employ, information appears in many cases separate from us-- we seem to need to "go get it". But within another paradigm, there is no place to go because all is here and now.The word in the dictionary, your minnd and your friend's mind when you knew she was about to phone you...and she did-- it is all here now. We tend to dismiss these feats as mere aberrations and try to explain it away to ensure a rational orderly connection to the world. And the world is rational. But it's also infinitely more. But when we simply dismiss or rationalize away these exceptional or "aberrant" experiences, we also tragiclly limit our space for the possible to happen: we submit to the "reducing valve" as Aldous Huxley termed it. From my many internet journeys I've discerned the younger generation will evolve far beyond us old fogeys in applying this extra physical paradigm-- they almost seem genetically better equipped to do so. Witness some of the postings on this board regarding telekinesis.I hope that though this smacks of New ageism it doesn't put people off.
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Originally posted by Brian649:
DUDE! I can't concentrate anymore.

I can't stop laughing!!!!

The crazy thing is that I am actually willing to entertain the idea...


Let's ask a broad question:
HOW DO WE KNOW?

1. direct sensory input--'5 senses'
--requires proper functioning of the 5 sensory apparatus
2. reasoning--'if, then, therefore'
--uses conscious awareness of sensory input memory
3. intuition--'hunches, feelings'
--uses unconscious sensory input memory

4. ? psychic/divine knowledge
--'accessed' from the minds of others, from objects themselves, or from a universal consciousness which contains and collects all thought on the planet...

Our 4 components
1. senses
2. reason
3. intuition
4. spirit? psi?

Tell me more,
about number fore!

Dump your consciousness out on the screen; let's hear it all. This is fascinating.

(I can see Paul Scheele's next product: "ThoughtReading". )

[This message has been edited by Brian649 (edited December 21, 2000).]