The power of the human mind.

I've always been fascinated with what goes on upstairs. How we dream, our subconscious etc.

Mostly though, the weird things like placebos or our minds tricking us interest me. A simple example would be like how we can taste salt if we pretend to shake a saltshaker into our mouths. I just don't understand how our brains can do that.


Any other good examples of these mental tricks?

Are Am Eye

Try making clockwise circles with your right hand and at the same time make anti clockwise circles with your right foot.

Del2005

It dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm.

Sam Quentin

Or when you reach down to stop/pause your alarm without checking the time before you reach down,.You can just sense it is about to go off!?

BBDBB

I like your approach in the face of adversity in posting

heres all the references, read them and make your own mind up

wonderful

iamwhoiam

Watching a baby go from a completely dependent new born to a talking , understanding three year old is quite simply incredible to watch

TheValeyard

Everything manmade that exists was thought up in the human mind. Pretty awesome when you think about it. The sheer ability to precieve and create something entirely new and never seen before.

Pepefrogok

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Watching a baby go from a completely dependent new born to a talking , understanding three year old is quite simply incredible to watch

Yeah it's a complete ballache alright, from wee things that you can just stick in a box to this kid that won't shut up about me braking out the card to buy V-bucks for that bloody game fortnight which is apparently now life!

McMurphy

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I've always been fascinated with what goes on upstairs. How we dream, our subconscious etc.

Mostly though, the weird things like placebos or our minds tricking us interest me. A simple example would be like how we can taste salt if we pretend to shake a saltshaker into our mouths. I just don't understand how our brains can do that.


Any other good examples of these mental tricks?

Tried that.

Couldn't taste salt, but the wife reckoned it made me look like I was giving an invisible cock a jiggle into my open month.

Bogfairy

Brain told me I needed a fart, sh@t my pants

the_pen_turner

a friend of mine is a hypercondriact. we made up a virus with 2 very specific off the wall symtoms and set up a few friends to subtly give it to her. just a small bit of the symtomes here and there
her mind tricked her into believing she had this virus even though it never existed

fac

the_pen_turner wrote: »

a friend of mine is a hypercondriact. we made up a virus with 2 very specific off the wall symtoms and set up a few friends to subtly give it to her. just a small bit of the symtomes here and there
her mind tricked her into believing she had this virus even though it never existed

maybe she'll give you spelling lessons in return for your kind and supportive help

YFlyer

If a few percent did the Sidhas.

Professor Moriarty

fac wrote: »

maybe she'll give you spelling lessons in return for your kind and supportive help

Maybe you'll learn grammar.

Hector Bellend

Most people cant figure out what goes on in front of them

Don't ask them to interpret their dreams.

Hector Bellend

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Everything manmade that exists was thought up in the human mind. Pretty awesome when you think about it. The sheer ability to precieve and create something entirely new and never seen before.

A lot of great human inventions were made either by mistake, or as an unintended consequence of other research.

They're still great inventions but lucky or unintended.

Also necessity is the mother of invention.

And some items would have been invented through research into war, space travel and other areas such as nuclear weapons research.

Wanderer2010

The subconscious is a very strange thing I agree.

I normally don't dream much and if I do I barely remember them at all.

A few months ago I had a very disturbing dream. Was washing my hands in my bathroom. It was the middle of the night I know that. I have a frosted bathroom window. It was silent and all of a sudden I heard a male voice saying "Alright, muck?". As in, greeting me as if my name was muck. And he said muck in a cruel way as if that's what I was- dirt, muck.

I turned around and made out a face peering in the frosted window and it smiled as I caught its eye- a cold and taunting smile. I woke up sweating then, kind of shook me right up. Still remember it clearly now. I tried looking up what "face in window dream" means but no luck.

the_pen_turner

fac wrote: »

maybe she'll give you spelling lessons in return for your kind and supportive help

im sorry im dislexic . and we did it to show her she had a problem so she would go get help. which she did a while later

Sofiztikated

the_pen_turner wrote: »

im sorry im dislexic . and we did it to show her she had a problem so she would go get help. which she did a while later

You told a hypochondriac that she had a problem?

I'd say she just loved that.

One thing that always got me is why you get that feeling in your mouth by watching someone else cut and eat a lemon

jacksie66

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Franz Von Peppercorn

Del2005 wrote: »

It dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm.

I don’t yhink that’s readable without a problem. It’s readable but we can tell that it’s misspelt and slower to read.

Snowseer

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I don’t yhink that’s readable without a problem. It’s readable but we can tell that it’s misspelt and slower to read.

Uh huh..

Sofiztikated

jacksie66 wrote: »

Yeah like it's mad that your mind knows to stop you from sh1tting or pissing the bed when asleep. Amazing.

I think the fact that what your eyes see, and what your brain tells you you're seeing is different is a great example.

Firstly, the image you "see" is actually upside down, and your brain corrects it.

Secondly, you always see your nose, but your brain just cancels it out.

fac

for me sixth sense is the most interesting like when you're walking along & suddenly get a feeling and look up directly at someone thats looking at you from a balcony or something without having to scan first

the_pen_turner

Sofiztikated wrote: »

You told a hypochondriac that she had a problem?

I'd say she just loved that.

yes. nothing wrong with telling a good friend you think they have a problem.


would you tell an alcoholic or drug addict or someone depressed that you think they have a problem

Sofiztikated

fac wrote: »

for me sixth sense is the most interesting like when you're walking along & suddenly get a feeling and look up directly at someone thats looking at you from a balcony or something without having to scan first

But if the butter is upside down in the fridge, I won't see it.

Chancer3001

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Everything manmade that exists was thought up in the human mind. Pretty awesome when you think about it. The sheer ability to precieve and create something entirely new and never seen before.

They say that everything man made is just inspired by nature. That there's nothing original at all. Apart from the wheel. That's why the wheel is constantly called the greatest invention ever

indioblack

"I think, therefore I am".
That's the easy bit - now what?

Sofiztikated

Chancer3001 wrote: »

They say that everything man made is just inspired by nature. That there's nothing original at all. Apart from the wheel. That's why the wheel is constantly called the greatest invention ever

I dunno, the modern smart phone doesn't really have an equal in nature.

Or a can.

Or a remote control.

Or a custard cream.

(On a side note, guess what's on my table?)

manonboard

fac wrote: »

maybe she'll give you spelling lessons in return for your kind and supportive help

Never a cool thing to point out. You never know if the person has an extra difficulty like dyslexia. If you can understand them, do so. If you cant, ask for clarification then do so.

4068ac1elhodqr

fac wrote: »

for me sixth sense is the most interesting like when you're walking along & suddenly get a feeling and look up directly at someone thats looking at you from a balcony or something without having to scan first

Could be something to do with near-ability (maybe from ancient dna/genes) to sense or view infra-red heat sources, not to mention EMFields (auras).

Animals are particularly good at this, a cat crossing the garden will often spot you, before you spot it. They also have increased horizontal hunting vision for ground-level movement detection.

Think there was an science article a while ago that proposed some mammals even project infra-red, a bit like bat (sonar), for vision distance calculation.

Hence if someone is staring at the back of your head, you might notice after a while.

manonboard

As language and thought are so interconnected. I am always very impressed by the minds ability to almost create a new personality when using a different language. How it shapes how a person self identifies in that moment is incredible.

I've met many multi lingual people and they all report that they are happier/more serious/different in different languages. I find it fascinating the mind can juggle that.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Snowseer wrote: »

Uh huh..

Why did you pick that word out?

Franz Von Peppercorn

Armani Obedient Termination wrote: »

Could be something to do with near-ability (maybe from ancient dna/genes) to sense or view infra-red heat sources, not to mention EMFields (auras).

Animals are particularly good at this, a cat crossing the garden will often spot you, before you spot it. They also have increased horizontal hunting vision for ground-level movement detection.

Think there was an science article a while ago that proposed some mammals even project infra-red, a bit like bat (sonar), for vision distance calculation.

Hence if someone is staring at the back of your head, you might notice after a while.

The vast majority of 6th sense is noticing sudden movement out of the corner of our eyes, past the visual range. We don’t “see” past 180 degrees but we probably receive some information from there that the brain uses only to process very quick events.

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indioblack wrote: »

"I think, therefore I am".
That's the easy bit - now what?

you think therefore you think you are

4068ac1elhodqr

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

The vast majority of 6th sense is noticing sudden movement out of the corner of our eyes, past the visual range. We don’t “see” past 180 degrees but we probably receive some information from there that the brain uses only to process very quick events.

You're only referring to vision viewing angles. '6th sense' is more the use of the extreme ranges, of all know senses, and any other available. Many birds have have internal compasses (a bit like my iPhone).

Then there's all the other time and distance stuff. Plenty of governments probably invest in remote viewing, staring at goats and such like. Not that it has officially been proven, a black budget is probably set aside for it.

Malayalam

Del2005 wrote: »

It dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm.

Cheerful Spring

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I've always been fascinated with what goes on upstairs. How we dream, our subconscious etc.

Mostly though, the weird things like placebos or our minds tricking us interest me. A simple example would be like how we can taste salt if we pretend to shake a saltshaker into our mouths. I just don't understand how our brains can do that.


Any other good examples of these mental tricks?

DMT

Mountainsandh

manonboard wrote: »

As language and thought are so interconnected. I am always very impressed by the minds ability to almost create a new personality when using a different language. How it shapes how a person self identifies in that moment is incredible.

I've met many multi lingual people and they all report that they are happier/more serious/different in different languages. I find it fascinating the mind can juggle that.

Definitely. I am French born, and although personality wise I don't think I'm very different, how I speak in either language is really different, it's kind of embarrassing ! I don't mean to do it, I just sound and seem different (I think!). Obviously I'm not on about just tone and accent, more about ... everything else ? if that makes any sense.

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I've always been fascinated with what goes on upstairs. How we dream, our subconscious etc.

Mostly though, the weird things like placebos or our minds tricking us interest me. A simple example would be like how we can taste salt if we pretend to shake a saltshaker into our mouths. I just don't understand how our brains can do that.


Any other good examples of these mental tricks?

Taste only exists in your mind, so it shouldn't be that hard to believe that your brain can send signals of tastes in error.

Mountainsandh

My daughter came up with an intriguing one the other day, or maybe not, if that's just me having a blond moment :

She, like myself, is short sighted. Looking into the car mirror, she was wondering how the scene displayed was still true to her short sightedness. After all, the mirror is just inches from us as we sit in the front seat. It's reflecting a flat image of a distant scene, it's not like you're looking directly at the distant scene ?
So why should an eye anomaly ruin an image that you're looking at just inches from your nose ?

Is that a brain fart of massive proportions ?
Is the brain just being a fool and taking the wrong approach here ?

YFlyer

YFlyer wrote: »

If a few percent did the Sidhas.

I see majority of pop doesn't understand the Vedic Sidhas.

Heres Johnny

I'm impressed by how the mind works but were you ever out for a walk or in the car and get the feeling you need to go to the toilet pretty urgently. You're normally grand and no panic until you get to your front door putting in the key and then all hell breaks loose.
I'm more impressed how my arse knows I'm home.
I thought of that yesterday having just made the toilet with my burglar alarm going off and front door still wide open.
Thank God for downstairs jacks.

dr.fuzzenstein

^^^^
Sometimes it's a photo-finish.

captbarnacles

ok it's the dailymail but it's worth seeing



Stare at the dot on her nose and then look at white space beside her

Chancer3001

hypnosis is weird too

Just say some words to people in the correct tone and order and their brain functions differently and they become really suggestible

justfillmein

captbarnacles wrote: »

Stare at the dot on her nose and then look at white space beside her

that pic is f*cking creepy.
no way am I staring at it, I'd be afraid of what would jump out at me:(

donegaLroad

justfillmein wrote: »

that pic is f*cking creepy.
no way am I staring at it, I'd be afraid of what would jump out at me:(

you should do it, its very good in fairness... nothing scary, in fact quite the opposite

pickarooney

What white space?

riffmongous

pickarooney wrote: »

What white space?

Just the blank white space that makes up the rest of the post