killarava2day said:
I mock all the hard headed cynics in this thread [mock][/mock]
Laugh all you want, dumbarses, but you can live in your rigid reality of structured logic and realist cynicism. I choose to live in a reality of magic and splendour everyday which I manifest in ways you would write off as "coincidence" or "chance" (merely words for phemona you simply dont understand). And what the fuck, who cares if you cant comprehend it, the shit demonstratably works again and again. Even if it is just a matter of perception is irrelavent, the fact is that my experience of reality is markedly improved by simply believing I have ultimate control over it, no ammount of skeptical naesaying can ever change that. hAhAhA suck shit you ignorant fools, you'll never understand just what you are missing out on!!!
what's wrong with being logical and realistic? and what shit demonstratably works? deluding yourself? if you really think you have paranormal abilities then why not collect your $1 million from
the james randi paranormal challenge?
also, you don't have to be delusional to believe in self-determination. self-determination doesn't have anything to do with claiming to have psychic abilities.
the fact that you have to resort to tactless and immature taunts like "hAhAhA suck shit you ignorant fools" or calling people "dumbarses" suggests that you really aren't even convinced of it yourself. it just makes you look like an ass, really.
see, i don't have to imagine that the world is magical to appreciate the beauty of our universe, because when you pay attention to the intrinsic beauty of the environment you live in, the complexity of the organisms that populate the earth, the remarkable consistency of nature, and the rhythmic order that holds it all together, it's hard not to be in awe of our natural universe. there's nothing wrong with having a powerful imagination, but if you can't appreciate the universe without deluding yourself with make-believe powers and basically trying to distort your own view of reality instead of augmenting it, then you lead a very pathetic existence because you're missing out on all the beauty and wonder that's right under your nose. you could spend your entire life looking for bigfoot and completely miss out on all the amazing creatures that exist in real life.
you do what you want. i'll stick to my logical and unaffected view of reality. i can't comprehend your psychic abilities, but you'll never comprehend the beauty of math and logic and their recurrent patterns in nature. i might not be able to make a traffic light turn green on command, but i can lose myself in my thoughts for hours exploring the wonders of mathematical algorithms, logical relations, sequences, set theory, proofs, fractals, and other natural wonders of our universe that emerge from exercising my faculty of reason. natural wonders that i can construct and deconstruct and build infinitely many new and unique permutations out of. and while you guys hone your "thought energy" i'll be honing my cognitive abilities by gaining a better understanding of the metaphysical glue that keeps everything in our infinite and dynamic universe in perfect harmony.
what's the fun of living in a world of "magic and splendour" if you have to drone out all logic and your own sense of reason, and live with your head buried in the sand? you can assume that you have paranormal powers but are you gaining a better understanding of the universe by distorting your view of it? can you achieve an enlightened state by tossing your faculties of reason out the window? math and science have achieved some pretty remarkable things and have revolutionized our perception of the world as well as providing tons of practical applications. what has psychic powers done for humanity? do you gain as much inspiration or fulfillment from speculating on how you can channel your psychic energy as you would from studying how supernovas occur or how we all likely descended from single-celled organisms who formed into multicellular organisms similarly to the way our societies have formed to have specialization and mutual cooperative benefits? you deride logic and reason which manifests itself ubiquitously in nature with pervasive patterns of harmony and consistency, yet you embrace uninspired and inconsistent gibberish which you claim has demonstrated itself to be true, yet you seem to have to abandon all logic and reason to maintain this belief. how has it demonstrated itself to be true if you have no proof of its validity, no theory of how it works, and you can't even explain why you even believe in it? i guess santa claus and the easter bunny are real too by these standards...
i dunno, your reality just doesn't seem very appealing to me.