I came across this site - searching for an epitaph for mankind actually. And quote some comments relating to ESP.
Head Truth: How Evidence for ESP Undermines the “Minds Come From Brains” Dogma
I will give an example of anecdotal evidence for ESP that I can personally testify to. Years ago I was at the Queens Zoo in New York City with my two daughters when they were teenagers. We were looking at a feline animal called a puma, which we could see distantly, far behind a plastic barrier. Suddenly (oddly enough) I had a recollection of a zoo visit I had about eight or ten years previously, when I saw a gorilla just behind a plastic barrier, at the zoo at Busch Gardens in Florida. About three seconds later (before I said anything), my younger daughter said, “Do you remember that gorilla we saw close-up in Busch Gardens?” I was flabbergasted. It was as if there was telepathy going on. The incident seems all the more amazing when you consider that teenagers live very much in the present or the near future, and virtually never talk about things that happened 8 years ago. There was nothing in our field of view that might have caused both of us to have that recollection at the same time. On that zoo visit we hadn't seen a gorilla, nor had we seen any animal near a plastic barrier. When we moved to the next zoo exhibit, just for laughs I asked my older daughter whether perchance she also was thinking of that gorilla we saw about 8 or 10 years ago, before anyone mentioned the gorilla. My jaw dropped when she reported: yes, she also was thinking of that gorilla we saw about eight or ten years ago in Busch Gardens, before anyone had said anything about it. So apparently before anyone said anything, we had three out of three people all recalling the same very distant memory – a memory of seeing a gorilla about eight or ten years ago. How do you explain such a thing without a hypothesis of something like ESP?
Is it me being stupid here or the writer? Why did he think that his daughters would not be triggered in the very same way that he was? They had memories of the earlier encounter (no doubt different but sharing a commonality) - and probably associated with a zoo, animals obviously, and the plastic barrier. To think ESP was necessarily involved seems to be a step too far and perhaps typical of those who would rather put their own (often biased) interpretation on events rather than looking for an easier and obvious explanation.
Perhaps I have misinterpreted his description, but I think we all too often will share the same thoughts and feelings after some particular event - even reacting in much the same way - so no mystical explanation is necessary.
Any thoughts? From those who support ESP and those, like myself, who tend to be more sceptical.
PS This person is obviously intelligent (from much of the content on the site), but he seems to have some strange views.
Head Truth: How Evidence for ESP Undermines the “Minds Come From Brains” Dogma
I will give an example of anecdotal evidence for ESP that I can personally testify to. Years ago I was at the Queens Zoo in New York City with my two daughters when they were teenagers. We were looking at a feline animal called a puma, which we could see distantly, far behind a plastic barrier. Suddenly (oddly enough) I had a recollection of a zoo visit I had about eight or ten years previously, when I saw a gorilla just behind a plastic barrier, at the zoo at Busch Gardens in Florida. About three seconds later (before I said anything), my younger daughter said, “Do you remember that gorilla we saw close-up in Busch Gardens?” I was flabbergasted. It was as if there was telepathy going on. The incident seems all the more amazing when you consider that teenagers live very much in the present or the near future, and virtually never talk about things that happened 8 years ago. There was nothing in our field of view that might have caused both of us to have that recollection at the same time. On that zoo visit we hadn't seen a gorilla, nor had we seen any animal near a plastic barrier. When we moved to the next zoo exhibit, just for laughs I asked my older daughter whether perchance she also was thinking of that gorilla we saw about 8 or 10 years ago, before anyone mentioned the gorilla. My jaw dropped when she reported: yes, she also was thinking of that gorilla we saw about eight or ten years ago in Busch Gardens, before anyone had said anything about it. So apparently before anyone said anything, we had three out of three people all recalling the same very distant memory – a memory of seeing a gorilla about eight or ten years ago. How do you explain such a thing without a hypothesis of something like ESP?
Is it me being stupid here or the writer? Why did he think that his daughters would not be triggered in the very same way that he was? They had memories of the earlier encounter (no doubt different but sharing a commonality) - and probably associated with a zoo, animals obviously, and the plastic barrier. To think ESP was necessarily involved seems to be a step too far and perhaps typical of those who would rather put their own (often biased) interpretation on events rather than looking for an easier and obvious explanation.
Perhaps I have misinterpreted his description, but I think we all too often will share the same thoughts and feelings after some particular event - even reacting in much the same way - so no mystical explanation is necessary.
Any thoughts? From those who support ESP and those, like myself, who tend to be more sceptical.
PS This person is obviously intelligent (from much of the content on the site), but he seems to have some strange views.