I would like to know what you think. And im not asking, Do you think people can fly. I'm asking do you think some people have abilities farther then the normal evolution process of most?

i think it is possible if we unlocked certian parts of our brians. we only use 10% of our brians now so imagine what we could do if we used all of it O.o

Originally Posted by baby_upi

i think it is possible if we unlocked certian parts of our brians. we only use 10% of our brians now so imagine what we could do if we used all of it O.o

That's a myth. We do use all of it. So anything we might be capable of, we already are.

@ Philomel - actually I thought scientists proved we don't use all of our brain...

I believe that in certain times of desperation the human body may perform miraculous feats. We do have science that has proven that humans only use about 10% of the brains capacity, not that we don't use the whole brain, just that we don't use it to it's full potential. And there are some people with... "unhuman" abilities because once they found out that their bodies could do something different honed in and trained on that skill.

There's no way to really prove we use it all or only 10%.. I mean the brain is infinite, there is no end to what can be learned or done with the brain. Maybe not flight, but that has little to do with thought and more to do with body, I think, but in terms of memory, calculation and understanding, there is no set limit to what the mind can do. It might be said that on an MRI, only 10% of the brain's mass is actively functioning at any given second, but that says nothing about the mass scale of things, of the process of learning and the years spent in absorbing information. Brains aren't like hard drives in that there is no shortage of space.

That being said, it has been proven that you can over use your brain. You can access too much information at once and damage pathways. Autism has been theorized as being the over stimulation of brain function to the point some processes shut down entirely. Savants can calculate numbers to the millionths and remember dates thousands of years before they where even born, but can't tie their own shoes. Is the potential for a super memory, mathematics skill or engineering intellect there? Yes. And it's seen all the time, but many of these abilities have serious consequences.

Flight? Telepathy? Pyrokinesis? It's doubtful. The brain is infinite, but there are limits within that space. You can't expect a snake to grow feathers and start flying at will, it's not in it's own specie's ability, so I don't see how you could expect a person to do the same. And telekinesis? Telepathy? The mind effects the body directly, only through the body are outside connections made.. I don't see how the mind could directly effect a flame or another mind. Scientifically.. I really have no idea, but it doesn't sound plausible to me personally.

Some people have extremely good senses so I guess it's possible that it might be a sign that they could have supernatural abilities (nothing like flying) maybe just a sense of hearing that is better than other people or sight that's better than the average person

There are genetic disorders that cause supernatural-like abilities sometimes. I saw a documentary on it once, and it was very interesting.

I'm pretty sure it exists.

Not in the way you put it, no. "Supernatural" is a silly word, because it implies it's anything but natural. The sorts of things I've witnessed are capable by every human being, it's just a matter of knowing how. It's like learning your first language. It's hard at the beginning, but it becomes so easy and effortless it becomes a part of your thought process as you go along. Some people think that they are supernatural when they start to learn (>> I've dealt with people who have called themselves elves, demons, werewolves, angels, faeries, vampires, and any number of mythical beings. I don't see what's so impossible to believe about such things being innate human nature.)

Flight and the like are a bit...silly though. There's no way in hell I'm going to be able to fly. I could wish, though. -lesigh- Alas, the laws of physics can't be warped around just by a pretty face and a lot of wishing. Dernit!

xD I'd go into details on what could and couldn't be done, but it would just feel like I'm rambling. Besides, you guys probably think I'm crazy now.

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@ Philomel - actually I thought scientists proved we don't use all of our brain...

Nope, that's a myth. :3
If you've taken a single class where you learn about the components of the brain, you'd realize that. After all, each part of our brain is used for a different task. Why in the blue hell would we not use some of our brain, anyway? Nature is efficient, not wasteful! (I could pull up a few articles debunking this, but I is teh lazy right now.)

mmm... talent maybe, buy not supernatural ability. Talent also takes time to actually learn. I do believe some (few) people have extraordinary talent. But usually talent is learned.

My boyfriend hardly ever scars and heals from things like 3rd degree burns in one week. Something that would take me weeks to heal from and I also end up with horrible scars. No I don't think this is an extraordinary ability. I think he just heals well and has very good skin.
I can learn things more quickly and efficiently than some others, but that's because I have the desire and patience to learn things. Then again, I foget some things I have learned if not used on a common basis, like algebra.

I don't know. It really depends on what kind of, "supernatural," abilities you're talking about. If you are talking about telekineses or mind-reading/ fortune telling powers, I think that it may be possible but unlikely. I used to be more inclined to believe such things, but through my life experiences in the last few years I have learned that people like to lie their heads off to make themselves seem more interesting or "better" than you.

In the end, if "supernatural abilities" are real then they are few and far between. Most people that say they have them are just big, fat, liars that want to impress you in some way. That is my opinion.

I do believe people have talents and particular things that they are good at, but that usually revolves around their interests.

Originally Posted by MollyJean

There's no way to really prove we use it all or only 10%.. I mean the brain is infinite, there is no end to what can be learned or done with the brain. Maybe not flight, but that has little to do with thought and more to do with body, I think, but in terms of memory, calculation and understanding, there is no set limit to what the mind can do. It might be said that on an MRI, only 10% of the brain's mass is actively functioning at any given second, but that says nothing about the mass scale of things, of the process of learning and the years spent in absorbing information. Brains aren't like hard drives in that there is no shortage of space.

That being said, it has been proven that you can over use your brain. You can access too much information at once and damage pathways. Autism has been theorized as being the over stimulation of brain function to the point some processes shut down entirely. Savants can calculate numbers to the millionths and remember dates thousands of years before they where even born, but can't tie their own shoes. Is the potential for a super memory, mathematics skill or engineering intellect there? Yes. And it's seen all the time, but many of these abilities have serious consequences.

Flight? Telepathy? Pyrokinesis? It's doubtful. The brain is infinite, but there are limits within that space. You can't expect a snake to grow feathers and start flying at will, it's not in it's own specie's ability, so I don't see how you could expect a person to do the same. And telekinesis? Telepathy? The mind effects the body directly, only through the body are outside connections made.. I don't see how the mind could directly effect a flame or another mind. Scientifically.. I really have no idea, but it doesn't sound plausible to me personally.

The theory of autism makes sense to me. It falls in line, or maybe resembles what they believe happens with children with ADD/ADHD. It's thought that a portion of the brain in those who have it actually isn't "turned on", or isn't functioning. Therefore, that's why stimulants work for them-they stimulate that portion of the brain to become active and work properly.

I think extraordinary abilities could exist, right down to flying and such. I don't think anyone TODAY is capable of the more amazing ones though. I don't know all the mechanics of it, nor have I ever studied in such fields, but if you remember that everything around is energy and matter, then it could be possible. If we were able to focus the energy from our brains and learn to control, enhance, and use it, then you could possibly use that to affect things around us. Maybe we can't make our bodies fly, but learn to control and affect the atoms and materials around us so that they make our bodies rise. As for reading minds, maybe if it were images that we were able to learn to "send" out using the frequencies and ranges much like television.

Not really, just trickery and talent ;D Like guessing your aunt's hair colour, predicting there was going to rain a month before the rain season starts, and that someone was reading about el Pateón del Diablo in Ecuador on google. I've done both and more, but I don't think I have any special power other than a huge luck.

Then, those people who claim to read your mind might actually just be really good at reading body language and reaching conclusions over body signs. Like, in palmistry, the longer the line that starts between the thumb and the index finger and goes across your palm, the more intelligent you are. Teachers think very good of me, and that line just happens to go through my whole palm. My opinion? Years of writing and practicing musical instruments, which requires having my palm bent, has elongated that line.

Basically, a mixture of luck, trickery, talent and ignorance from the observer.

Now, on things that go against the law of physics and such, I'm not really to comment on it but I'm very skeptic of the possibilities. Why Albert Einstein couldn't fly then? He was just using the 10% of his brain? :lol: You use it all! He meant "brain capacity" not really "brain". So, in that context, that would mean dumb people are dumb because they're not making a good effort.

Originally Posted by Philomel

That's a myth. We do use all of it. So anything we might be capable of, we already are.

If you have a link or some other proof backing up your blanket statement, I'd love to read it.

If people can believe their is a heaven and such, it should be easy to believe in the supernatural/paranormal, etc. I can't say I have any definitive proof of other abilities besides natural, but there are some things that seem to be unexplainable and very complex beyond most human minds.

Originally Posted by JapaneseCherryBlossom

If people can believe their is a heaven and such, it should be easy to believe in the supernatural/paranormal, etc. I can't say I have any definitive proof of other abilities besides natural, but there are some things that seem to be unexplainable and very complex beyond most human minds.

Excellent point you make there. Problem is, often times religions don't allow for a belief in the supernatural/paranormal beyond the belief in it's god/gods and things contained within them-for example angels and demons.

I think that as more time goes by, we'll find answers to so many of the unexplained things we see, but I don't know if we'll ever find ALL the answers.

Originally Posted by aoi midori

If you have a link or some other proof backing up your blanket statement, I'd love to read it.

There we go. On the second part of my statement, it was based on her implication that what we can do is based on how much of our brains we use. If that premise is true, then we're capable right now of everything that's possible, since we use all of it.

I don't believe to the extent of flying is possible, but little things. Vague telekenetics, some telepathy, that kind of thing may be probable (but highly unlikely) if we were able to use more of our brains.

Unfortunetly the reason we only use 10% is so our brains don't over heat and cause us to die. So we shouldn't delve into that too far.

EDIT!!!!::: After reviewing the link Philomel provided, I revise my statement. I still believe in magic and such, but with scientific proof I change my opinion about the usage of the human brain.

Thank you Philomel for the interesting link ^.^

...Syraanabelle, I'm hoping you just took awhile to post and didn't see my post, and didn't ignore the link I provided proving that we use all of our brains and the 10% thing is a myth. Please tell me that's the case.

Originally Posted by Philomel

...Syraanabelle, I'm hoping you just took awhile to post and didn't see my post, and didn't ignore the link I provided proving that we use all of our brains and the 10% thing is a myth. Please tell me that's the case.

Actually Philomel, I couldn't find the link. If you could re-post it, I'd be happy to look at it, and revise my statement. I'm going off information that I learn't in high school science. ^.^'.

Huh, isn't that funny. Hm, wonder why it did that? Well, let's try this again, then.

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp

Sorry about that.

Yes, it is real.

Fairies and elementals are real [I along with others have been in contact], spirits are real, we've all encountered, and some of us have talked with them. People do have animal totems [animal spirit guides] and regular spirit guides. None of this is fake. It may sound totally ridiculous, but they are real. All mystical creatures [except vampires, possibly] are real. They live in a parrallel world to ours.

I have a website for you, if you'd like to see what one of my new friends have experienced. I have been talking with her about my encounters and the spiritual activities I've had, and she's very helpful.

Lol. I get really into this stuff XD

UniqueXRose, are you wiccan? Sorry if I'm wrong, but I used to have a friend who was, and she believed in all of those kinds of things. I'd like to see the link you have if you don't mind.