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Eomer · 01-17-2005, 10:36 PM

I actually do kind of believe that a lot of paranormal stuff really does happen, despite myself being a more or less complete atheist. Maybe that's not the right term for myself, though. I more just believe that there's an explanation for everything, a logical one that you can follow from point A to point B.

At the same time, I think most "paranormal" crap you hear about are hoaxes, hallucinations, or just plain bullshit. But a lot of stuff really often is hard to explain with our current knowledge. But just reading about some of the very fancy dancy theoretical physics, like string and quantum theories, it certainly lends credence to a lot of paranormal shit having scientific explanations, even if we don't know what those are just yet. Maybe we never will. But with all the different dimensions and realities and universes that string theory predicts, it certainly doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility that once life or intelligence gets to a certain level or point, that it starts to trancend normal reality. Not sure if I can even begin to get my thoughts out properly on this. Perhaps people who are psychics (the very few who truly are) just have the ability to somehow tap into some unknown ability to truly see the future, or A future. Perhaps ghosts are just echo's of people who themselves were attuned to whatever it is I am talking about, and their consciousness is able to stick around simply by force of will.

I can't say that I've ever had dreams about being someone else in a past life, I rarely remember my dreams in all honesty. And when I do they rarely if ever make any sense. But I do often get incredibly strong sense of deja vu, and sometimes it can persist for 30 seconds or a minute. I had one recently on Christmas Day, actually. My immediate family came over for brunch (was my turn this year) that morning. I moved into my place last year, and this was the first time my family has been at my place as a group, so it's not like I was remembering something from the past. As I was standing in the kitchen making eggs and bacon, I suddenly got a really strong sense of deja vu, like what was going on had happened before, and I kind of felt distant from myself, like I was watching over my own shoulder. I can't remember the details now, but it lasted for a good 30 seconds. I was even remembering what was about to happen. I thought to myself that my sister was about to say something, and sure enough a few seconds later she said what I was expecting. Then all of the sudden it was gone and I was back to normal.

Stuff like that happens to me, well, I wouldn't say often. Maybe a couple times a year. But it happens often enough that I really would like to know just what the hell it is that causes it. Is it just my brain zoning out for a few seconds? Is there some physiological explanation? Or is there something more to it than that? I don't normally spend much time thinking about it, I am not really that into self-introspection or introspection about much of anything. But the last post got me thinking about it.

01-17-2005, 10:36 PM	#61 (permalink)
Eomer You mean I can change this? Neat! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 10,147 +37 Internets	I actually do kind of believe that a lot of paranormal stuff really does happen, despite myself being a more or less complete atheist. Maybe that's not the right term for myself, though. I more just believe that there's an explanation for everything, a logical one that you can follow from point A to point B. At the same time, I think most "paranormal" crap you hear about are hoaxes, hallucinations, or just plain bullshit. But a lot of stuff really often is hard to explain with our current knowledge. But just reading about some of the very fancy dancy theoretical physics, like string and quantum theories, it certainly lends credence to a lot of paranormal shit having scientific explanations, even if we don't know what those are just yet. Maybe we never will. But with all the different dimensions and realities and universes that string theory predicts, it certainly doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility that once life or intelligence gets to a certain level or point, that it starts to trancend normal reality. Not sure if I can even begin to get my thoughts out properly on this. Perhaps people who are psychics (the very few who truly are) just have the ability to somehow tap into some unknown ability to truly see the future, or A future. Perhaps ghosts are just echo's of people who themselves were attuned to whatever it is I am talking about, and their consciousness is able to stick around simply by force of will. I can't say that I've ever had dreams about being someone else in a past life, I rarely remember my dreams in all honesty. And when I do they rarely if ever make any sense. But I do often get incredibly strong sense of deja vu, and sometimes it can persist for 30 seconds or a minute. I had one recently on Christmas Day, actually. My immediate family came over for brunch (was my turn this year) that morning. I moved into my place last year, and this was the first time my family has been at my place as a group, so it's not like I was remembering something from the past. As I was standing in the kitchen making eggs and bacon, I suddenly got a really strong sense of deja vu, like what was going on had happened before, and I kind of felt distant from myself, like I was watching over my own shoulder. I can't remember the details now, but it lasted for a good 30 seconds. I was even remembering what was about to happen. I thought to myself that my sister was about to say something, and sure enough a few seconds later she said what I was expecting. Then all of the sudden it was gone and I was back to normal. Stuff like that happens to me, well, I wouldn't say often. Maybe a couple times a year. But it happens often enough that I really would like to know just what the hell it is that causes it. Is it just my brain zoning out for a few seconds? Is there some physiological explanation? Or is there something more to it than that? I don't normally spend much time thinking about it, I am not really that into self-introspection or introspection about much of anything. But the last post got me thinking about it.