I watched a show called “Paranormal Investigator” the other day. I was hoping they may have a bit of skepticism involved but I ended up being disappointed. They claim to be investigating phenomena with a critical eye and then letting the viewer decide the validity but it seems they skew things in favor of the phenomena being real. The show I watched dealt with remote viewing. It seems that there are those among us who can “see” things or events that are hidden or far away through psychic ability. For example, there is a picture in a sealed envelope, the remote viewer then doodles on a piece of paper and when the picture is removed from the envelope, there should be an uncanny resemblance. This is a magician's trick employed by many mentalists. The doodle is also usually vague but yet something that could fit a wide variety of things. On the show they had one man pull up a random picture on his laptop and the viewer then had to draw what he “saw.” He drew a bunch of little circles and said he saw a repeating pattern. The picture was a rocky stream with evergreen trees on one side. The viewer counted this as a hit. A bunch of little circles? Really? Even if this was a legitimate “hit” and he really saw a bunch of circles and a repeating pattern in his head that correlated to the picture, what good would that do? Would I even know to think that the picture was a stream? If I needed to know where the enemy was camping out in a secret outpost, would a bunch of circles really help? How about longitude and latitude? Little more helpful don’t you think?
“Project Stargate” was a US government project that spent millions of dollars on studying the potential of remote viewing in military operations. It was eventually shut down because the statistical evidence of any efficiency was just not there. The construction and launch date of a submarine was considered a success contributed to remote viewing and prediction. No evidence was given for this “prediction.” Or maybe I should say “guess”?
Stuart Landsborough has a challenge for psychics which would be right up the remote viewer’s alley making him/her $50,000.00 richer. There is a promissory note hidden within only 100 metres of the challenge display in Puzzling World in Wanaka, New Zealand. The note is in two pieces and the viewer need only to tell Stuart where each note is hidden to win the cash. Stuart has reduced the area over the years from 5 kilometres to 200 metres to 100 metres. Yet, since 1974, the prize remains unclaimed. I guess all the remote viewers out there are all independently wealthy. I had the chance to visit Puzzling World a few years ago and was thrilled when I discovered this challenge. Just ask my hubby who had to restrain my joyous jumpings with glee.
As for why I don’t believe in remote viewing and would consider it to be a giant pile of bantha poo? All I have to do is to point anyone to this site. Case closed. A man on the “Paranormal Investigator” show said that they can find anything. Some examples he gave where the holy grail, the ark of the covenant and Mozart’s grave. If I suddenly had the ability to find things anywhere in the world just by thinking about them, the first thing I would do is find all those missing kids. Are these remote viewers so busy doing parlor tricks with sealed envelopes that they just don’t have the time? Here's a thought......maybe it just isn’t possible.
“Project Stargate” was a US government project that spent millions of dollars on studying the potential of remote viewing in military operations. It was eventually shut down because the statistical evidence of any efficiency was just not there. The construction and launch date of a submarine was considered a success contributed to remote viewing and prediction. No evidence was given for this “prediction.” Or maybe I should say “guess”?
Stuart Landsborough has a challenge for psychics which would be right up the remote viewer’s alley making him/her $50,000.00 richer. There is a promissory note hidden within only 100 metres of the challenge display in Puzzling World in Wanaka, New Zealand. The note is in two pieces and the viewer need only to tell Stuart where each note is hidden to win the cash. Stuart has reduced the area over the years from 5 kilometres to 200 metres to 100 metres. Yet, since 1974, the prize remains unclaimed. I guess all the remote viewers out there are all independently wealthy. I had the chance to visit Puzzling World a few years ago and was thrilled when I discovered this challenge. Just ask my hubby who had to restrain my joyous jumpings with glee.
As for why I don’t believe in remote viewing and would consider it to be a giant pile of bantha poo? All I have to do is to point anyone to this site. Case closed. A man on the “Paranormal Investigator” show said that they can find anything. Some examples he gave where the holy grail, the ark of the covenant and Mozart’s grave. If I suddenly had the ability to find things anywhere in the world just by thinking about them, the first thing I would do is find all those missing kids. Are these remote viewers so busy doing parlor tricks with sealed envelopes that they just don’t have the time? Here's a thought......maybe it just isn’t possible.
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