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In all honesty, I've never believed in psychics. I've never had any real proof and to be quite honest, I have never desired any proof. After reading this topic, I'm still not convinced, but I do try to enter things with an open mind. Think of me as the nosy neighbor with good intentions, but doesn't really do much.
Now, I have some questions because I like to flatten out the details.
1. Have you ever lied and told someone that you had a special mental ability? (i.e. "I can read your mind", "I can predict the future", etc.) On or off the Internet, it doesn't matter.
Keep in mind, you don't have to answer these out loud.
2. If you truly believe that you have a special power or unlocked sense, when did you become aware of it? Was it after hearing someone talk about it or before? Can you turn it on or off?
3. Again, if you really think you have a gift, how many times has it been a controlled act? Was it an accident? Could it possible just be a coincidence? On purpose? Were you aware at the time that you were committing a supernatural act? (I can't think of the proper wording, so I used supernatural...)
4. Think of examples of your abilities. Are you positive it happened? Could your moving a piece of paper really just be the air conditioning turning back on and you not noticing? Could your reading someone's mind really just be them going along with what you said?
5. To those who have claimed to have prophetic dreams, were you fully aware of the dream's meaning before the event took place? Did the information in the dream slowly start coming back in sort of a deja vu moment or did you wake up thinking, "Wow, this is gonna happen today."?
I'm just interested in the topic and I was wondering if some of you would like to share your views. These questions may not be worded perfectly (or even correctly), but I think you'll understand the general meaning of the questions.
And for a quick final questions. Do you think your unique gift makes you better than us who lack it? I've seen a few "mere mortal" references thrown out in this thread.