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My thougts are transmitted for real

Nova Land said:
Yes. Here's something which I think could work if you're willing to try it.

<snip sensible test protocol>
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This approach only works if someone is genuinely trying to find out if they are telepathic. When someone is already convinced they are telepathic as a symptom of a mental illness it won't work, because they will always twist the protocol and the results in whatever way is necessary to support their delusion.
 
corta said:
I've been suffering from real thought-broadcasting for a long time.
My thougts and all five senses are transmitted to other people for real, like uncontrollable telepathy.
It is not thought-broadcasting in schizophrenia. Do you have any idea how to cure it?
I'd really appreciate it if you could help me. Thanks.
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Ok let me help you: you do not have this ability. That's your imagination and confirmation bias.

You're welcome.
 
Maybe a derail, but suggested by the idea of a card-reading test:

When I was a freshman in college, a guy in the dorm was convinced that ESP was real and kept trying to rope people into tests, with little success. One day I was sitting in the game room, reading, and he wandered around trying to get someone to do a card-guessing test with him. He came to me and I said sure, as long as you sit across from me.

He did, took out a deck of cards, and said we would go through ten cards at a time until we hit fifty. He would concentrate on each card, I'd guess, he'd write down the real card and the guess. He got very excited when I scored above 90%. I scored 100% at getting the colors right.

He wouldn't even believe me when I explained that the daylight coming through the window behind him illuminated his cards and that I could read them by looking at the reflections in his glasses. That was why I didn't score a hundred, by the way. Sometimes he was shaking so much I couldn't get the card value right, though I'd always say, "It's a diamond or a heart, can't get more than that. Definitely a red card, though."

He got very perturbed when I kept saying it was a trick, telling me I was afraid to face the truth. I refused to try again, and for some reason after our end-of-term break the guy didn't come back to school.
 
corta said:
I've been suffering from real thought-broadcasting for a long time.
My thougts and all five senses are transmitted to other people for real, like uncontrollable telepathy.
It is not thought-broadcasting in schizophrenia. Do you have any idea how to cure it?
I'd really appreciate it if you could help me. Thanks.
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If you are actually so good at broadcasting your thoughts, then I suggest that instead of finding a cure that you find a couple of good partners and you all become the best poker players in the world.
 
Spektator said:
Maybe a derail, but suggested by the idea of a card-reading test:

When I was a freshman in college, a guy in the dorm was convinced that ESP was real and kept trying to rope people into tests, with little success. One day I was sitting in the game room, reading, and he wandered around trying to get someone to do a card-guessing test with him. He came to me and I said sure, as long as you sit across from me.

He did, took out a deck of cards, and said we would go through ten cards at a time until we hit fifty. He would concentrate on each card, I'd guess, he'd write down the real card and the guess. He got very excited when I scored above 90%. I scored 100% at getting the colors right.

He wouldn't even believe me when I explained that the daylight coming through the window behind him illuminated his cards and that I could read them by looking at the reflections in his glasses. That was why I didn't score a hundred, by the way. Sometimes he was shaking so much I couldn't get the card value right, though I'd always say, "It's a diamond or a heart, can't get more than that. Definitely a red card, though."

He got very perturbed when I kept saying it was a trick, telling me I was afraid to face the truth. I refused to try again, and for some reason after our end-of-term break the guy didn't come back to school.
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The lesson here is not to indulge these people in a way that strengthens their delusions.
 
I have read the thirteen or do forums that Corta copied his opening post to. Corta never responds and is probably a one off "drive by" poster.

Of general interest, is despite the variety of differing forums he posted on, most people suggested he seek psychiatric help, which is good news.

It does seem to me that as the ISF is a science and evidence based forum, that both Michel H and Corta, must seek psychiatric help first, to eliminate this as an alternative explanation, if they claim they are presenting a scientific hypothesis. It is up to them to prove to us they are sincere in their scientific methodology. :)
 
Matthew Ellard said:
It is up to them to prove to us they are sincere in their scientific methodology. :)
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That is not what drives them. They are having a real experience -- even if objectively we know it is just between their ears. I have encountered several people suffering from delusions and they are absolutely flabbergasted that other people don't believe them. My neighbor has several mental issues, including paranoia, and has asked, with utmost sincerity, "If I'm just crazy, then why are they after me?" To him, it was not a joke.

These people are seeking validation. When they do not get that, they do not turn inward and question their "experiences", they turn outward and blame the closed minds that deny them.
 
gerdbonk said:
These people are seeking validation. When they do not get that, they do not turn inward and question their "experiences", they turn outward and blame the closed minds that deny them.
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So how is a drive by poster "turning outwards" when he/she posts something and then does not even stay in the discussion or respond?

Is it just "look at me, I am special"? and I am just posting once to prove it, and then going away? Then I will post the same on 37 other Boards (without responding) to say the same thing.

Norm
 
corta said:
I've been suffering from real thought-broadcasting for a long time.
My thougts and all five senses are transmitted to other people for real, like uncontrollable telepathy.
It is not thought-broadcasting in schizophrenia. Do you have any idea how to cure it?
I'd really appreciate it if you could help me. Thanks.
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No, you can't "thought-broadcast". You think you can because others happen to have similar thoughts as you, and, instead of understanding this would be perfectly mundane, you interpret it as paranormal. The reason you do so is because super power claims make people feel important, even as they feign distress to counter the obvious ego benefits. If you actually are interested in reality, design a simple, well controlled test for this thought communication and follow through on it.
 
Crossbow said:
If you are actually so good at broadcasting your thoughts, then I suggest that instead of finding a cure that you find a couple of good partners and you all become the best poker players in the world.
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That suggests some interesting experiments.
 
fromdownunder said:
So how is a drive by poster "turning outwards" when he/she posts something and then does not even stay in the discussion or respond?

Is it just "look at me, I am special"? and I am just posting once to prove it, and then going away? Then I will post the same on 37 other Boards (without responding) to say the same thing.

Norm
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Possibilities:

1. Just a troll
2. Scared. Seeking validation (not yet progressed to the point of blame)
3. Not mentally stable and we shouldn't be expecting him to follow a logical path to assistance (or attention)
 
gerdbonk said:
Possibilities:

1. Just a troll
2. Scared. Seeking validation (not yet progressed to the point of blame)
3. Not mentally stable and we shouldn't be expecting him to follow a logical path to assistance (or attention)
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Or maybe he never posted on any of these websites at all, and thus doesn't know about them.
 
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