After being introduced to a clip of this movie in another thread, I watched almost the whole thing 10 minutes at a time. |
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I concur. |
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One of the experiments they talk about in the film is people being asked to effect a random number generator. When they press the button they have an intention of creating more 0s or 1s. It seems like critics pick apart every aspect of the film but they don't talk about this one. Maybe I didn't read enough reviews, I bet someone could argue the merits of the experiment. |
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Last edited by Howie; 12-12-2007 at 03:10 AM.
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I just typed "intention and random number generators" into a google search and the first site was a princeton.edu study that is trying to understand the results they are getting from thier experiments. |
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I'll check that out then stupefied. |
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I'm seen the film, and read alot of the criticisms on it, over all I think most of the things on it were just way out there ideas, it's been along time since I have seen it, and I have heard of reports about mental will on random number, and it has no real evident results, it's like the 11:11 thing, ever since I thought about that I seem to notice the time a whole lot more, the humen mind is trained to notice and take in things at high conscious levels when something they have been looking for is seen. |
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Last edited by LucidDreamGod; 12-12-2007 at 03:06 AM.
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To lucid dream is my real test
To control them is my cause
It's increasingly difficult to find convincing figures.. if any.. |
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Things are not as they seem
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Consciousness, as far as we know, IS matter. Of course it affects other matter. You want conclusive proof? Move your arm. There we go |
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The photos were taken by author Masaru Emoto, not a "zen buddhist monk." They are offered as commercial art, and as casual experiment. They in no way were controlled experiments. The photos are indeed of ice crystals, as you can clearly read from Emoto's own materials. He "projected his thoughts" towards the water, then froze it. |
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Last edited by Xaqaria; 12-13-2007 at 06:12 PM.
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The main question that bothers me with this stuff is the causality. Even if we suppose that human consciousness is capable of affecting matter directly, without any sort of contact, there needs to be some translation of intent. How does the number generator know what you mean by 'zeroes' and 'ones'? The computer doesn't have zeroes and ones, it has gates that are either conductive or not conductive. The concept of 'zero' is very loosely connected with the concept of 'closed gate', physically speaking. The two are only linked closely in the human brain. |
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Did you read about any of the experiments that they have done? I ask because it seems as though you haven't. Most of the experiments were done with the controller sitting in their home hundreds or thousands of miles away from the actual equipment. I think this is about as blind as it can get. |
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Last edited by Xaqaria; 12-14-2007 at 10:10 PM.
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No, I was referring to this: |
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