From 48295225a4c407d852d7ac3cea3e8373d6958fb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:56:58 -0400 Subject: teleschool quick write --- jones-la/qw-teleschool.txt | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 jones-la/qw-teleschool.txt (limited to 'jones-la/qw-teleschool.txt') diff --git a/jones-la/qw-teleschool.txt b/jones-la/qw-teleschool.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..316a7f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/jones-la/qw-teleschool.txt @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Why can people, who have their eyes closed, sense objects that are +approaching but not yet touching? +======================================================================== + +Extrasensory perception isn't a legitimate phenomenon, demonstrated by +the lack of scientific evidence for any such claims: random individuals, +if tested to discover the qualities of hidden objects or images that +were shown to a different individual in a separate room, cannot +accurately determine above random chance those qualities. Even people +who claim to have the sensitivity score about random and make claims +about how the scientific rigor of the environment or lack of belief +reduces their power. + +This is because, as has been shown by studies which miss a control or a +piece of information or otherwise "leak" data to the participants or +even the experimenters (by a failure to "double-blind"), people (esp. +those who claim to have ESP) are very good at subconscious inferencing +and develop senses about "impossible to know" knowledge from this kind +of data leakage. + +Walking around in a room with one's eyes closed is much more leaky than +any of the scientific experiments on ESP. The floor can have a slight +grade towards objects, especially large heavy ones in older buildings. +The memory of a person about room structure and similar inferencing can +allow for internal spatial mapping to readily develop. Even the sound of +footsteps echoing off of objects (similar to echolocative skills which +certain blind communities have been able to develop) can generate clues. + +The human brain is designed to be hypersensitive to spatial information +regardless of the visual component, so the innate ability of an ordinary +person to wander around a room with their eyes closed is unsurprising. -- cgit