Coffee Shop no. 12 - Just a Thought...

What do you think?

1. Do you think telekinesis or telekinetics are possible?

Telekinesis is entirely possible. According to astrophysicist Michio Kaku, author of the New York Times Best Seller: Physics of the Impossible, telekinesis can be synthetically induced. There are no scientific explanations though, for abilities such as levitation, teleportation, telepathy, or telekinesis in raw uncontrolled form. There are reports that some people can bend metal with the sheer power of their mind (telekinesis and telepathy combined) or cause things to rise off the ground without touching them. Most of these stories are hoaxes and physicists rarely support the possibility of someone's brainwaves having an affect on surrounding environment. Kaku explained that in order to push something off the ground, a certain amount of electrical activity equal to several hundred hertz (I do not know the exact number because the book isn't with me at the moment, but its in the 90s to 200s or higher) which should be beyond human capability to produce. But possible for a machine to create, meaning if you implant electrodes in your brain and connect them to a super computer used to emit electromagnetic pulses into your surroundings, you may be able to make something a few feet away move wherever you think it should go. Of course, that may not be what you had in mind as natural telekinesis, but it's the only known parallel to telekinesis theorized by scientists today. If people can already hook themselves up to a super computer and use their mind to control the computer cursor (much in the manner of machine to human telepathy), then I think telekinesis is possible. But should we want telekinesis? ~Severus


~Thoth

2. What do you think would happen if humans had telepathic, telekinetic, pyrokinetic, hydrokinetic, and other such abilities? How would the world be different?


I think the world could go into utter chaos if we had those abilities. In competitions and game shows contestants could cheat by telepathically consulting other people. Wars and sports would be more fierce or have more rules, as you could telekinetically move a ball, or even a player. Water and fire are powerful. Terrorists could easily drown, choke, or burn people as well as buildings and so it would be easier to destroy the world and murder people, with no actual "weapons" involved. Also, it would be much more efficient to travel, and transportation businesses would disappear (along with a lot of jobs!). Although this would be really cool and convenient, it could also lead to serious damage and bad consequences.

Although I do believe there could be bad effects to these "powers" but in your scenario it is as if everyone would suddenly got them but in reality we would slowly evolve. I think it would be for the best. If we could pick up on the mined waves of others then we would be able to since the powerful energy wave used to manipulate matter. therefor we would be able to tell if other people used it. sports would probably be giant games were everything was controlled by their minds. I also predict the ref would be connected to a machine that amplifies the perception as to tell if people were cheating. crimes would be a pain but in your example you said you could burn people but then the victim could extinguish it and it would be more even the now because in the modern day one person has a gun and the other does not. this way each person would have a "gun" there also would be the problem of babies. They would be a problem because it has been proven that the younger the person the more advanced there brain is. For example already some babies have moved objects without touching them during tantrums. If everyone could do this then babies would be very advanced and have no control. We would probably give them some kind of shot or pill that makes it less powerful. And your statement about less jobs if people could teleport that would mean they could separate then re form molecules which means they would be able to create objects with there mined. in this case we would eliminate poverty and any need of personal possessions. this would probably eliminate money all the together. at this point with no money, resources, and land war would be eliminated. we have now gotten rid of war, poverty, money, and materiel possessions. with no war we will be united under one leader or government. also this makes no reason for mugging, theft or murder. also chances are if we have evolved so much we probably wont have psychopaths. this has also eliminated all form of murders. now we have eliminated all negative parts of life. then after thousands of years of evolution we then face the negative impacts of this. we have then eliminated all need of everything there for we can not develop anything so we will simply existed for millions of years. because we can now manipulate matter we will be able to keep ourselves in perfect health and finally stop reproducing so we don;t overpopulate. we have now also eliminated most positive things in life because we have no purpose because we cant develop anything. we have know have gotten rid of all good and bad things and will never die. as i already said we will simply exists for millions of year until we use all 100% of are mind at which point we become so interconnected with are endless amount of knowledge and power we will interconnect are minds and become one sentient bean. are bodies will then start to hold are still developing mined back so we will then leave are bodies behind. the huge sentient mass of energy will then grow and engulf the entire universe. this mind will then see there is no point in existing anymore so it will either destroy itself are alter itself into a world and time will be as if it is restarted. ~Bartumes

Sports would not give you much exercise if you just sat there in the bleachers telekinetically and telepathically moving things. ~Morangue Pine

If in the very unlikely event humans develop these powers simultaneously, and if human physcology persists, than the human race and possibly the world would be annihilated. ~186000mps

If we developed these powers than most people would be sitting around their houses, moving things with their mind. eventually, nobody would get exercise and we would turn into fat lifeless beings. we would all die after a year or two. ~Thoth

It would be very dangerous for humans to develoup these characteriscts, many people would find this as an excuse not to be physicaly fit. Also terrorists could use these methods do destroy. This would more likey cause us to kill our selves rather than to help us. ~Environmentalist

~Severus