Quote Originally Posted by AscendedSleeper View Post

If you believe that we only use 10% of our brains, read this and stop using it as part of your arguments. I am not trying to offend anyone, or start an argument about other aspects of why pyrokinesis does or does not make sense. I am just pointing out a fallacy in many of these arguments which should not be ignored. We cannot "unlock the potential" of 90% of our brains because we are already using close to 100% of our brains.

Comparing by (mass used)/(total mass) with the brain makes about as much sense as telling people that their computers only use 30% of their components because the rest is just casing and support. While it is technically true, there is no way for you to "unlock" the potential in the plastic casing surrounding your computer parts.
You obviously didn't read my reply to the other guy who said that. But if you must, the 6th sense doesn't have to be in the brain, we just see activity there when using PSI. It could also be in our DNA, and in that case, >90% of DNA previously thought as "junk matter" lye undiscovered and scientists believe there are more than meets the eye. We still only scratched the surface on the knowledge of our body.

Quote Originally Posted by AscendedSleeper View Post
This is a very accurate description in my opinion: it acknowledges that science has a specific domain (the natural, observable world) and that it cannot be applied to subjects outside that domain. If something like pyrokinesis truly bridges the gap between the natural and supernatural, then it would be expected for it to be scientifically observable. One could respond by saying that the act of scientific observation makes the bridge impossible, but then it is once again entirely outside the domain of science.
Actually, I saw it a fairly inaccurate description, because nobody... Nobody said it was in the physical plane. We simply assume so, but it could just as well be in a different plane just as you are. You as in, your conscious mind. You don't have a clue where you are, and we can't simply assume its located in the physical brain. (Though, it could be.)


Quote Originally Posted by LikesToTrip View Post
References pl0x
Look it up, its common sense pl0x. PSI is such a huge field, how couldn't you know there were more studies on it than lucid dreaming? There have been groups of scientists who have done thousands of studies on it, while in lucid dreaming there have been far less activity due to its less-popularity. For me to go out and get you sources is like feeding you information.
// And I'm lazy.