Quote Originally Posted by trigotron View Post
The reason astral could detect the truck before he looked at it, i hypothesize is because he sensed the overpressure in front of the truck (quite larger and more noticeable than that of a car) and therefore hesitated before stepping.
But, couldn't it be as simple as the fact that a big truck racing towards him would make noise? He'd have to hear the sound. Secondly, couldn't it be as simple as him thinking "Oh sh!t, what am I doing walking out into the street without even looking first? Foolish me. Woah! there was a truck coming; damn good thing I remembered to look before I got myself killed."

Quote Originally Posted by skysaw View Post
Not to mention, it would be nice to see some numbers taken more recently than 1979! The seventies were the heyday of ESP belief. I'm sure popular opinion has swung much the other way in the past 30 years.
Exactly, remember the great scammer, Uri Geller? He had the world fooled. Even after being exposed as a complete fraud, many people still refused to accept that he was doing magic tricks and not really using "mental powers" to perform his "amazing feats".

Quote Originally Posted by magicdood View Post
Oneironaught- I am not trying to force anyone to believe anything and it is becoming frustrating how you keep accusing me of such.
Ok, what the hell are you talking about? I never said you're trying to force any one to believe anything. YOU said "I don't wanna "force" anyone to believe in this" and I responded by saying "If you were to show others this amazing skill of yours then there'd be no need at all to "force" any one to believe it because facts speak for themselves".

In other words, "forcing" has nothing to do with it. All you'd have to do is demonstrate this power and you'd have the world groveling at your feet.

Secondly, just because I cannot prove this stuff to you does not mean I'm a fake.
No, the fact that you cannot prove it means nothing. But, given how many people throughout the ages have claimed these outstanding magical abilities - TRYING to gain fame from them - the fact that NO ONE has EVER proven them to be actual powers (and not simply deception) tells any one with a logical mind that it's complete, utter bullsh!t.

There's been a $1 million Dollar prize - to be collected by ANYONE who can prove the existence of true psi powers - up for grabs for many years now. But guess what? Not a single person has claimed the booty. And why is that, I ask? I'll tell you: because every single person who's ever claimed to have such abilities has been unable to demonstrate these powers under any kinds of real scrutiny.

Science requires things to be able to hold up under scrutiny. If things don't meet such basic requirements then one must conclude the claimer to be full of sh!t.

You can move things with your mind? Fine, prove it or shut the hell up. That's the way the real world works.

It hasn't been proven NOR disproven. Provide me evidence that psionics has been disproven.
Oh no you don't. The burden of proof is on your shoulders, not mine. If some one tells me that they have the ability to move things with their mind yet, are unable to demonstrate this talent then they are, by default, to be considered dishonest. Why would the task of disproving be on my shoulders when you're the one making extraordinary claims?

Remember, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. No proof? No dice.

I mean, you sit here telling me so confidently that it is not real, but what have you done to accept that theory.
No, I'm telling you that you are claiming the very same thing that many others have claimed. And, like many before you, you refuse to prove your "abilities" because you can't. Do you really believe that the hundreds of thousands of people who've claimed these abilities all wanted to conceal their "powers" at the same time they are claiming to have such powers? That's absolutely absurd, to say the very least.

Sorry but, your claims hold no water until you show the goods.