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CuriousIdent Not So Old
Great Old One Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Total posts: 825 Location: Warwickshire, England. Age: 34 Gender: Male |
 Posted: 06-09-2006 10:09 Post subject: 'Telephone telepathy' does exist. |
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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1983703.html
| Quote: | 'Telephone telepathy' does exist
A scientist claims 'telephone telepathy' - the feeling you get when you know someone is about to call - really does exist.
Parapsychologist Dr Rupert Sheldrake insists the phenomenon is not just coincidence.
In tests, he claims 45% of volunteers correctly "guessed" which of four randomly picked callers was about to phone them.
Repeated hundreds of times, the odds against this happening were "1000 billion to one", said Dr Sheldrake, from Cambridge University.
But his research, together with that of two other paranormal investigators, sparked huge controversy at the BA Festival of Science in Norwich.
Some leading members of the research community did not think they should have been allowed a platform at the meeting, organised by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA).
Dr Sheldrake has previously spoken of his theory of "morphic fields" which he believes psychically connects people who have close relationships.
He said the new findings supported the idea that extra sensory perception works best between individuals with an emotional bond. |
I get this feeling all the time from family members and friends. Anybody else? |
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| ted_bloody_maul Great Old One Joined: 23 May 2003 Total posts: 4877 Location: Quester's Psykick Dancehall Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 10:23 Post subject: Re: 'Telephone telepathy' does exist. |
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| CuriousIdent wrote: | http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1983703.html
| Quote: | 'Telephone telepathy' does exist
A scientist claims 'telephone telepathy' - the feeling you get when you know someone is about to call - really does exist.
Parapsychologist Dr Rupert Sheldrake insists the phenomenon is not just coincidence.
In tests, he claims 45% of volunteers correctly "guessed" which of four randomly picked callers was about to phone them.
Repeated hundreds of times, the odds against this happening were "1000 billion to one", said Dr Sheldrake, from Cambridge University.
But his research, together with that of two other paranormal investigators, sparked huge controversy at the BA Festival of Science in Norwich.
Some leading members of the research community did not think they should have been allowed a platform at the meeting, organised by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA).
Dr Sheldrake has previously spoken of his theory of "morphic fields" which he believes psychically connects people who have close relationships.
He said the new findings supported the idea that extra sensory perception works best between individuals with an emotional bond. |
I get this feeling all the time from family members and friends. Anybody else? |
no surprise to see BA objecting to the psychic ideas. is he still saying he ain't getting on this plane?
if you see me in the street feel free to punch me. |
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| crunchy5 Great Old One Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Total posts: 1951 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 10:52 Post subject: Re: 'Telephone telepathy' does exist. |
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| CuriousIdent wrote: |
I get this feeling all the time from family members and friends. Anybody else? |
All the time, I'll look more closely at "Morphic Fields".   |
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| Rrose_Selavy Exquisite Elemental
Joined: 07 Jan 2003 Total posts: 1940 Location: Stranded in Sub-Atomica Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 11:36 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | But critics said that the effect was more likely to result from flaws in Dr Sheldrake's methods. In one set of studies, the subjects lifted the received before making their choice, allowing possible clues to the caller's identity from the quality of the line.
It was also possible that people got clues from the time of the call. "If the subject knows four people well, they will know who tends to be on time, who tends to be late and who early," said Richard Wiseman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire. "If they call me at 11.02 not 11, I'd likely guess it was going to be my late friend."
"He is reporting results that are far higher than those usually found by parapsychologists, and there is good reason to be sceptical. The design of the experiments are more messy than most in the field, and so the results could be due to participants picking up subtle cues from the callers - it is important that other scientists attempt to replicate the alleged effect." |
http://www.forteantimes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=27640
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| filcee Beer Monkey Joined: 12 Jun 2002 Total posts: 889 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 13:21 Post subject: |
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| Rrose_Selavy wrote: | | Quote: | | ..."If they call me at 11.02 not 11, I'd likely guess it was going to be my late friend."... |
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At which point, you call Randi and claim your 1 million dollars for communicating with the dead...
mines the one in white, with the buckle design up the back... |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17896 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 13:26 Post subject: |
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| The BA's annual Festival of Science is always good. I used to take my kids and their mates when it was in reasonable travelling distance. |
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| dreamcatcher5 Magic Mummy.
Great Old One Joined: 30 Nov 2002 Total posts: 110 |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 13:31 Post subject: |
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| I get text telepathy. I have quite often been thinking of someone and they text me a minute or two later. Mostly a certain special someone, but sometimes other random people. The other day infact I was thinking about my friend Cathy who I haven't spoken to in months and I got a text message from her about 5 minutes later saying we should meet up! |
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| H_James Ancient Cow (&)
Creepy thing Joined: 18 May 2002 Total posts: 5624 |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 14:45 Post subject: |
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| Sure, phone telepathy seems to work, but when I round it up it's certainly not all the time, pretty rarely really. |
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| Mattattattatt Ye Olde JackSkellington
Great Old One Joined: 17 Sep 2001 Total posts: 517 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 06-09-2006 15:10 Post subject: |
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| Maybe the act of phoning someone is similar to projecting thought - our latent psychic selves send a call sign when we're trying to make contact over distance |
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| miss_scarlet Happiness is wanting what you,ve got
Great Old One Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Total posts: 100 Location: England Age: 40 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 16-09-2006 17:59 Post subject: |
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When I was a student I couldnt afford a phone. My friend Alex would always turn up whenever I thought about getting him to come round. the first thing he would say as he came in was "You Called".
Alas he was the only friend I could summon in such a manner so I had to get a phone. Though I know seem to know if my irritating neighbour stalker type person is on his way down to my door. I spring up, lock the door so he cant invite himself in and ignore the bell till after half an hour later he stops calling my name and gives up. |
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| Mr_Seaweedski The Frumious Bandersnatch
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Total posts: 415 Location: High in the Huddersfield Hills Age: 6 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 17-09-2006 15:03 Post subject: |
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I must admit, I have had strange experiences with phones and close friends. Just last week, I was thinking of phoning my ex (still a good friend) but thought better of itas it was a bit late and she might have been trying to sleep. Within a minute or two the phone rang and you guessed it.... Double glazing salesman. Only kidding, it was her - happens quite often really.
But I think it is more likely to be coinkydink as i hadn't spoken too her for a couple of days.
Similar phenomenon to the cup of tea telepathy my parents seem to have. |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17896 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 17-09-2006 17:00 Post subject: |
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Not exactly on-thread, but it amused me -
A few years ago, when texting from the 'net was new, I decided to try it out by sending a mate a silly message. I settled on 'Put that sausage down, you don't know where it's been!' and after I'd sent it, forgot about it.
I saw her some time later and she told me I'd scared her stiff. She had heard her phone's message tone in her pocket, and had finished eating before she read it.
She was eating a sausage bap... 
I enjoyed the mental picture of her spinning around in the street looking for my hiding place! |
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| Mr_Seaweedski The Frumious Bandersnatch
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Total posts: 415 Location: High in the Huddersfield Hills Age: 6 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 18-09-2006 18:43 Post subject: |
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Completely off topic, but good on ya Escargot for using the term Bap! Good to know somone can use English propperly, like what I does!  |
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| Mattattattatt Ye Olde JackSkellington
Great Old One Joined: 17 Sep 2001 Total posts: 517 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 19-09-2006 12:04 Post subject: |
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| In a similar vein, I dreamt I started work back at my old workplace yesterday morning, and then a couple of hours later found I'd received a myspace message from an ex-colleague there that I'd not spoken to or heard from in two years... |
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| miss_scarlet Happiness is wanting what you,ve got
Great Old One Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Total posts: 100 Location: England Age: 40 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 21-09-2006 10:15 Post subject: |
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i think maybe not just telephone telepathy but whole network telepathy can exists. I am friends with many different types of people. But every 10 years I seem to have a rush of bumping into a mirriad of people I have not seen in ten years plus people of the same ilk that are new to me as friends.
I also have those fallow years where i just am too caught up in work or somthing that I dont see anyone, just work people..  |
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