Am I a Psychic?

[Mostly Harmless]

Wow I'm psychic too I can read your mind right now.
You are currently thinking there is no way I can know what it is you are thinking.
Am I good or what.

 

[teutonicman]

Call up James Randi.

 

[Flee the Cities]

i stepped into the astral void and after 10000 years in teh shifting aether i have returned with this profoudn metaphysical revelation: You watch too much TV

 

[Snarky Username]

No you're not. Everyone has things like that happen.

I remember a couple years ago I killed Paul Newman. I saw one of his ranch packets and asked the person I was with "Isn't he dead yet? He has to be 100 by now..."

And he died the next morning.

 

[CompanionCube]

I think you this type of experience. You see a blue smiley face and forget about it. Later, you see the same smiley face and think "I've seen that before hmmmmmmm." I've had a couple of moments lack that. I'm trying to disprove I have the ability to rip past the fabric or spacetime and bring about the end of the world.

 

[CIA]

AM I PSYCHIC?

Not if you have to ask.

 

[Audioave10]

Yes...the answer is no.

 

[elricik]

As you can see, many people have similar instances of what you described, but pretty much everyone shrugs it off. I think more people believe in psychics than they let on. They believe, for the most part, in an intangible father figure residing in a far-away paradise that you can only get to if you follow an ancient set of rules, but they don't believe in the power of the human mind?
Question is: What do you believe? And do you believe in yourself?

I'm not entirely sure. Its happened to me at least ten times over the past few months, and every time it happens I shrug it off as a coincidence. I don't try to guess what shows are coming on, therefore I'm never wrong, it just happens when I'm not trying, when I'm doing something else. Usually I just shrug it off as a coincidence, but every time it happens I think back to other times it happened, and it seems to happen far too much to be a mere coincidence.

 

[elricik]

Ok bear with me here and read the entire post before yelling at me. Today at school I was just standing still then all of a sudden I pictured Marge Simpson entering the independent movie theater to see "Candy Land", and then later today that same episode came on.

This isn't the first time this has happened either. I can remember random scenes from animated shows entering my mind and then later the same episode I was thinking of for no reason, comes on. Does this happen to anyone else? Its kinda freaky. And for some reason it only works for animated shows and nothing beyond that. And I can't predict the show if I start trying to predict it, the scenes enter my head for no particular reason when I'm not thinking about it. This has happened to me way to many times to be a coincidence.

It is possible, try to clear you mind and write down whatever you see or hear that comes to your mind. Are there any other examples that you can think of that might relate (thinking of a thought that a person later says (telepathy), or other such odd occurrences)?

I am not an expert but I know a guy I can ask.

Well sometimes when I'm talking to someone I could swear that I had heard the conversation before from a different person, but I think that's happened to everyone before. No its limited to tv. And I admit if I am psychic thats not really a great power, being able to predict what animated shows come on when I'm not thinking about what animated shows are coming on, but hey I'm a romantic and it would be awesome If I even had the slightest bit of perception of the future.

 

[Hobonicus]

No. There's no such thing as psychics

You're amazing!
How can you know that? You must have looked into the future to a time where science has actually disproved psychics. But then... wouldn't that make you a psychic? Maybe you're a time traveler.

Either that or you're arrogant enough to claim as fact something that is actually opinion or belief.

Haha... oh the irony in pretending to be so edgy and logically open-minded. Ye be ignoring that important thing called common sense.

OT: As others have said, this is confirmation bias, and very common. Although I'm guessing you brought this up to spark a discussion because seriously you didn't expect anyone to say "I'm an expert on psychics and those are definitely signs of latent psychic powers."

 

[swolf]

I think it is possible. I have seen and experienced a number of things that can not be explained through science and traditional "rational thinking". I would just be really careful with it because there are somethings you don't want to mess with and don't want to know. For example, when trying to "read" a friend, you may come across a repressed memory of trauma that can be downright troubling. Then what do you say? They may have blocked that out or even feel violated that you "read" that.

 

[swolf]

To people claiming that it's not real, keep believing that because it's safe. To those who believe in it (as I stated above) BE CAREFUL. There is a quote out there "To those who believe, no explanation is necessary. To those who do not, none will suffice."

 

[crudus]

Ok bear with me here and read the entire post before yelling at me. Today at school I was just standing still then all of a sudden I pictured Marge Simpson entering the independent movie theater to see "Candy Land", and then later today that same episode came on.

Have you thought about the fact that you may be looking at a schedule or did and just don't remember? You have to remember that things can happen a lot and still be coincidence. For example, this has happened 5 times a week then you may have something or if it happens 10 times in the passed year then it is coincidence.

 

[Kawatoo]

I have a weird theory about it. I believe in fate, everything is set in stone. I believe that everyone gets small premonitions but disregard them. Like Deja Vu.

Hell I get stuff like that all the time.

 

[patryn0]

Speaking in terms of probability, yes it's likely coincidence. In current scientific terms there isn't much to suggest there is anything to that. However, there are a few concepts like quantum memory and the collective thought pool you might consider looking into. Quantum mechanics open up uncountable possibilities, but those won't likely be explored in our lifetime.

As to this term 'psychic' I think many people have been sucked in by the allure and mystery of the whole thing to polish otherwise lackluster lives. A few renowned people might have been great at reading people's body language or giving them a quick psychoanalysis based off a few questions. So 'psychics' are probably just full of shit.

Scientifically speaking though, to be telepathic, at least over a short distance, is not out of the realm of possibility. Since our brains work primarily by firing off chemical and electrical signals, its definitely possible a person could be born with a predisposition to be ultra-sensitive to those things. It would be very rare, and the person would not likely even know they had it, assuming everyone got weird primal feelings sometimes or writing it off as empathy. So who can say?

 

[Arcticflame]

I have a weird theory about it. I believe in fate, everything is set in stone. I believe that everyone gets small premonitions but disregard them. Like Deja Vu.

But that's pointless, if everything is set in stone, you cant change it. If you do change it, you can say that change was set in stone.

Ultimately its futile to debate whether or not things are set in stone or not, because whatever happens, only one occurence will be the eventuality.

Also, on topic. I don't believe in psychic powers or anything like that, however I do believe things go through society in ripples. An example is at a place I work part-time at, we sell bathroom gear like bathtubs, cabinets, showers etc. We had 4 people in one day, of varying ages, not related, and completely differnet times of the day ask us whether we stocked tissue box holders.

Never in my boss' 4 years of working at this place had he ever heard of such a thing, much less stock it.
Similar things have happend throughout my life, 3 times in one day, in varying places quite separated I heard people discuss the same album, one which nobody I know has, and is pretty indie, since then I've never heard anyone speak of since.

So are coincidences like this just humans seeing patterns? a form of group thought? My belief is a bit of both, I believe something in the environment is pointing people to think like that, a combination of weather, or perhaps some advert on TV, the news etc. etc. can push people to all think in a certain way on a particular period of time. And this leads to larger amounts of entropy than there should be - more than what would be considered reasonable chance.

But meh, I doubt I will ever find out if I'm right or not.

 

[Sanehatter]

I have seen and experienced a number of things that can not be explained through science and traditional "rational thinking".

Just a guess here, but these things you're experiencing likely can be explained by science...more likely, you either aren't aware of the explanations or you don't want to agree with them since they require "rational thinking." That is, of course, your right. I also experience something that can't be explained by science on a daily basis. It's a mysterious force we call "gravity."

To people claiming that it's not real, keep believing that because it's safe. To those who believe in it (as I stated above) BE CAREFUL.

Here, for instance, we have something easily explained by psychology. Everyone wants, and may even need, to believe that they are unique. Fortunately, all people are unique. Unfortunately, some people feel that they have to become more unique...often doing so by assuming that they have special knowledge of how the universe works, knowledge that is unavailable to the average person. Sadly, this only serves to make the individual less unique, as the whole process is rather easy to chart.

There is a quote out there "To those who believe, no explanation is necessary. To those who do not, none will suffice."

Belief is a tricky thing. If you were made to believe that you were a dog, you wouldn't really be one. But you'd refuse any explanation to the contrary. This is where the scientific method and rational thinking become necessities. Simply believing something without questioning it is...shall we say...not particularly smart.

 

[Socius]

that happens to everyone

 

[Custard_Angel]

Number of people claiming to be psychic? Squillions.
Number of people proven to be psychic? Zero.

No one has ever been proven to have psychic abilities. No one ever will be proven to have psychic abilities.

And this isn't psychic premonition, its cold hard fact. Psychic. Powers. Don't. Exist.