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Re:We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom ... by User23 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:52PM (#34088763)
The most striking one was an injury transference. I had a severe medically diagnosed intercostal rib strain from a botched deadlift. Someone took it from me by touch. Literal laying on of hands. I mean going from so much pain that rolling over in bed is agony to completely fine. Punchline is she got to have a severe rib injury for a few weeks. I’ve still got no idea how that worked.

I’ve also experienced telepathy, seen a ghost (with multiple corroborating witnesses) and witnessed poltergeist activity. The last of those I can kind of doubt though. The mirror falling off the wall could maybe have been some kind of microquake.

Re:We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom ... by hosh on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:01PM (#34088809)
Yeah, what you're describing with the injury is a skill I'd call empathic absorption. A rib injury is fairly dramatic and eye-opening. I know someone who did something similar with scarlet fever.

It's good to see this surface up here, though it's the kind of stuff I discuss in other communities.

Re:We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom ... by User23 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @09:57PM (#34089180)
I wrote a bunch of stuff, but then I deleted it and decided to just copy someone better at wording than me:

  There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy
I view materialism much like Newtonian physics. It's a fine approximation for the situations you'll face almost all the time. I just choose not to wear it like a set of blinders, because I don't want to deny the evidence of my senses when they don't fit it.
Re:We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom ... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:04PM (#34089654)
Is this phenomenon reproduceable? Can it be experimentally verified?
Re:We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom ... by NateEag on Thursday December 22, 2022 @08:49AM (#34093167)
If you're open to it, I'd love to hear more details and context around these stories.

Email is my profile, if you have the time and inclination to get in touch.